#B9A433#B9A433

#B9A433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A433
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -4.77, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 58.41, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.019 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8822, 37.1059, 8.5088)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A433 #3348B9

analogous

#B96133 #B9A433 #8BB933

triadic

#B9A433 #33B9A4 #A433B9

tetradic

#B9A433 #33B961 #3348B9 #B9338B

square

#B9A433 #33B961 #3348B9 #B9338B

split-complementary

#B9A433 #338BB9 #6133B9

monochromatic

#594F19 #897926 #B9A433 #D1BE58 #DED188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B9A433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B9A433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A433

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A433	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#B4A021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be72',
    500: '#b9a433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a433;
$custom-light: #d2be72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71699,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A433

secondary

#808BC8

accent

#60E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A433

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

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