#B9A535#B9A535

#B9A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A535
RGB	rgb(185, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -5.20, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 57.95, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.02 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1069, 37.4832, 8.8059)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A535 #3549B9

analogous

#B96335 #B9A535 #8BB935

triadic

#B9A535 #35B9A5 #A535B9

tetradic

#B9A535 #35B963 #3549B9 #B9358B

square

#B9A535 #35B963 #3549B9 #B9358B

split-complementary

#B9A535 #358BB9 #6335B9

monochromatic

#5A501A #897B27 #B9A535 #D0BE5B #DED18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B9A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B9A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A535

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A535	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf73',
    500: '#b9a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a535;
$custom-light: #d2bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71927,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A535

secondary

#828DC8

accent

#60DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A535

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

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