#B9A435#B9A435

#B9A435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.129 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A435
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -4.67, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 57.64, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0185 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.129 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9273, 37.1239, 8.7460)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A435 #354AB9

analogous

#B96235 #B9A435 #8CB935

triadic

#B9A435 #35B9A4 #A435B9

tetradic

#B9A435 #35B962 #354AB9 #B9358C

square

#B9A435 #35B962 #354AB9 #B9358C

split-complementary

#B9A435 #358CB9 #6235B9

monochromatic

#5A501A #897A27 #B9A435 #D0BD5B #DED08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B9A435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B9A435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A435

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A435	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)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.129 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be73',
    500: '#b9a435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a435;
$custom-light: #d2be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71714,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A435

secondary

#828DC8

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A435

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

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