#B9A537#B9A537

#B9A537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.129 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A537
RGB	rgb(185, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -5.10, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 57.16, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0195 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.129 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1539, 37.5020, 9.0533)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A537 #374BB9

analogous

#B96437 #B9A537 #8CB937

triadic

#B9A537 #37B9A5 #A537B9

tetradic

#B9A537 #37B964 #374BB9 #B9378C

square

#B9A537 #37B964 #374BB9 #B9378C

split-complementary

#B9A537 #378CB9 #6437B9

monochromatic

#5B511B #8A7B29 #B9A537 #CFBE5E #DDD18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B9A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B9A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A537

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A537	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)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.129 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf74',
    500: '#b9a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a537;
$custom-light: #d2bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71942,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A537

secondary

#848FC8

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A537

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

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