#B9A534#B9A534

#B9A534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.131 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A534
RGB	rgb(185, 165, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -5.25, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 58.33, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0203 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.131 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0842, 37.4741, 8.6861)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A534 #3448B9

analogous

#B96234 #B9A534 #8BB934

triadic

#B9A534 #34B9A5 #A534B9

tetradic

#B9A534 #34B962 #3448B9 #B9348B

square

#B9A534 #34B962 #3448B9 #B9348B

split-complementary

#B9A534 #348BB9 #6234B9

monochromatic

#595019 #897A27 #B9A534 #D1BF5A #DED189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B9A534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B9A534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A534

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A534	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)

#B5A122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 165, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.131 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf73',
    500: '#b9a534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a534;
$custom-light: #d2bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71919,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A534

secondary

#818CC8

accent

#5FDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A534

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

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