#B9A529#B9A529

#B9A529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A529
RGB	rgb(185, 165, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 77.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -5.73, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 62.25, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0227 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8647, 37.3863, 7.5299)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A529 #293DB9

analogous

#B95D29 #B9A529 #85B929

triadic

#B9A529 #29B9A5 #A529B9

tetradic

#B9A529 #29B95D #293DB9 #B92985

square

#B9A529 #29B95D #293DB9 #B92985

split-complementary

#B9A529 #2985B9 #5D29B9

monochromatic

#554C13 #87781E #B9A529 #D7C349 #E2D37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B9A529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B9A529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A529

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A529	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A00B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 165, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf6d',
    500: '#b9a529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a529;
$custom-light: #d2bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71846,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A529

secondary

#7480CA

accent

#58E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A529

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

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