#B9A437#B9A437

#B9A437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.128 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A437
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -4.57, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 56.85, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.018 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.128 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9742, 37.1427, 8.9934)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A437 #374CB9

analogous

#B96337 #B9A437 #8DB937

triadic

#B9A437 #37B9A4 #A437B9

tetradic

#B9A437 #37B963 #374CB9 #B9378D

square

#B9A437 #37B963 #374CB9 #B9378D

split-complementary

#B9A437 #378DB9 #6337B9

monochromatic

#5B501B #8A7A29 #B9A437 #CFBD5E #DDD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B9A437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B9A437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A437

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A437	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)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.128 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be74',
    500: '#b9a437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a437;
$custom-light: #d2be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7173,
    "c": 0.12773,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A437

secondary

#848FC8

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A437

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

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