#B9A536#B9A536

#B9A536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A536
RGB	rgb(185, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -5.15, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 57.56, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0198 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1302, 37.4925, 8.9283)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A536 #364AB9

analogous

#B96436 #B9A536 #8CB936

triadic

#B9A536 #36B9A5 #A536B9

tetradic

#B9A536 #36B964 #364AB9 #B9368C

square

#B9A536 #36B964 #364AB9 #B9368C

split-complementary

#B9A536 #368CB9 #6436B9

monochromatic

#5A501A #8A7B28 #B9A536 #D0BE5D #DDD18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B9A536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B9A536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A536

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A536	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)

#B5A125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf74',
    500: '#b9a536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a536;
$custom-light: #d2bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71934,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A536

secondary

#838EC8

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A536

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

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