#B9A533#B9A533

#B9A533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A533
RGB	rgb(185, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -5.30, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 58.71, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0205 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(34.0619, 37.4652, 8.5687)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A533 #3347B9

analogous

#B96233 #B9A533 #8AB933

triadic

#B9A533 #33B9A5 #A533B9

tetradic

#B9A533 #33B962 #3347B9 #B9338A

square

#B9A533 #33B962 #3347B9 #B9338A

split-complementary

#B9A533 #338AB9 #6233B9

monochromatic

#594F19 #897A26 #B9A533 #D1BF58 #DED188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B9A533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B9A533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A533

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A533	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)

#B5A121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf72',
    500: '#b9a533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a533;
$custom-light: #d2bf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71912,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.37464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A533

secondary

#808BC8

accent

#5EE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A533

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

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