#B9A438#B9A438

#B9A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.127 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A438
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -4.51, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 56.45, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0177 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.127 98)
XYZ	xyz(33.9985, 37.1524, 9.1209)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A438 #384DB9

analogous

#B96438 #B9A438 #8DB938

triadic

#B9A438 #38B9A4 #A438B9

tetradic

#B9A438 #38B964 #384DB9 #B9388D

square

#B9A438 #38B964 #384DB9 #B9388D

split-complementary

#B9A438 #388DB9 #6438B9

monochromatic

#5B511C #8A7A2A #B9A438 #CFBD5F #DDD08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B9A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B9A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A438

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A438	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)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.127 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be75',
    500: '#b9a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a438;
$custom-light: #d2be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71738,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.37151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A438

secondary

#8590C8

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A438

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

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