#B9A430#B9A430

#B9A430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A430
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -4.91, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 59.53, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0197 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8182, 37.0803, 8.1716)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A430 #3045B9

analogous

#B95F30 #B9A430 #89B930

triadic

#B9A430 #30B9A4 #A430B9

tetradic

#B9A430 #30B95F #3045B9 #B93089

square

#B9A430 #30B95F #3045B9 #B93089

split-complementary

#B9A430 #3089B9 #5F30B9

monochromatic

#584E17 #887923 #B9A430 #D3BF54 #DFD184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B9A430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B9A430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A430

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A430	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be71',
    500: '#b9a430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a430;
$custom-light: #d2be71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71678,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A430

secondary

#7C88C9

accent

#5EE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A430

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

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