#B9A540#B9A540

#B9A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.122 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A540
RGB	rgb(185, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -4.58, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 53.43, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.017 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.122 98)
XYZ	xyz(34.3896, 37.5963, 10.2949)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A540 #4054B9

analogous

#B96940 #B9A540 #91B940

triadic

#B9A540 #40B9A5 #A540B9

tetradic

#B9A540 #40B969 #4054B9 #B94091

square

#B9A540 #40B969 #4054B9 #B94091

split-complementary

#B9A540 #4091B9 #6940B9

monochromatic

#5E5421 #8C7C30 #B9A540 #CCBC6B #DBD098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B9A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B9A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A540

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A540	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.122 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf7a',
    500: '#b9a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a540;
$custom-light: #d1bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7202,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.37595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A540

secondary

#8E97C7

accent

#66D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A540

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

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