#B9A52F#B9A52F

#B9A52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.134 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A52F
RGB	rgb(185, 165, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -5.48, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 60.19, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0215 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.134 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9775, 37.4315, 8.1241)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A52F #2F43B9

analogous

#B9602F #B9A52F #88B92F

triadic

#B9A52F #2FB9A5 #A52FB9

tetradic

#B9A52F #2FB960 #2F43B9 #B92F88

square

#B9A52F #2FB960 #2F43B9 #B92F88

split-complementary

#B9A52F #2F88B9 #602FB9

monochromatic

#574E16 #887923 #B9A52F #D3C052 #DFD283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B9A52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B9A52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A52F

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A52F	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 165, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.134 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf70',
    500: '#b9a52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a52f;
$custom-light: #d2bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A52F

secondary

#7B86C9

accent

#5CE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A52F

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

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