#B9A434#B9A434

#B9A434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.130 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A434
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -4.72, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 58.02, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0188 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.13 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9045, 37.1148, 8.6262)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A434 #3449B9

analogous

#B96234 #B9A434 #8CB934

triadic

#B9A434 #34B9A4 #A434B9

tetradic

#B9A434 #34B962 #3449B9 #B9348C

square

#B9A434 #34B962 #3449B9 #B9348C

split-complementary

#B9A434 #348CB9 #6234B9

monochromatic

#594F19 #897A27 #B9A434 #D1BE5A #DED189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B9A434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B9A434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A434

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A434	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)

#B4A022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.130 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be73',
    500: '#b9a434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a434;
$custom-light: #d2be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71707,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A434

secondary

#818CC8

accent

#60DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A434

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

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