#B9A42F#B9A42F

#B9A42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A42F
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -4.95, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 59.89, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0199 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.133 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7978, 37.0721, 8.0642)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A42F #2F44B9

analogous

#B95F2F #B9A42F #89B92F

triadic

#B9A42F #2FB9A4 #A42FB9

tetradic

#B9A42F #2FB95F #2F44B9 #B92F89

square

#B9A42F #2FB95F #2F44B9 #B92F89

split-complementary

#B9A42F #2F89B9 #5F2FB9

monochromatic

#574D16 #887923 #B9A42F #D3BF52 #DFD183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B9A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B9A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A42F

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A42F	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be70',
    500: '#b9a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a42f;
$custom-light: #d2be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71671,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A42F

secondary

#7B87C9

accent

#5DE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A42F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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