#B9A440#B9A440

#B9A440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A440
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -4.05, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 53.11, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0155 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.121 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2100, 37.2370, 10.2350)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A440 #4055B9

analogous

#B96840 #B9A440 #92B940

triadic

#B9A440 #40B9A4 #A440B9

tetradic

#B9A440 #40B968 #4055B9 #B94092

square

#B9A440 #40B968 #4055B9 #B94092

split-complementary

#B9A440 #4092B9 #6840B9

monochromatic

#5E5321 #8C7C30 #B9A440 #CCBB6B #DBD098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B9A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B9A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A440

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A440	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be7a',
    500: '#b9a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a440;
$custom-light: #d1be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71808,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A440

secondary

#8E98C7

accent

#67D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A440

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

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