#B9A436#B9A436

#B9A436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.128 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A436
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -4.62, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 57.24, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0182 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.128 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9505, 37.1332, 8.8685)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A436 #364BB9

analogous

#B96336 #B9A436 #8DB936

triadic

#B9A436 #36B9A4 #A436B9

tetradic

#B9A436 #36B963 #364BB9 #B9368D

square

#B9A436 #36B963 #364BB9 #B9368D

split-complementary

#B9A436 #368DB9 #6336B9

monochromatic

#5A501A #8A7A28 #B9A436 #D0BD5D #DDD08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B9A436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B9A436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A436

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A436	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.128 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be74',
    500: '#b9a436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a436;
$custom-light: #d2be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71722,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A436

secondary

#838EC8

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A436

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

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