#B9A629#B9A629

#B9A629 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A629
RGB	rgb(185, 166, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 77.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -6.26, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 62.55, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0242 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0457, 37.7485, 7.5903)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A629 #293CB9

analogous

#B95E29 #B9A629 #84B929

triadic

#B9A629 #29B9A6 #A629B9

tetradic

#B9A629 #29B95E #293CB9 #B92984

square

#B9A629 #29B95E #293CB9 #B92984

split-complementary

#B9A629 #2984B9 #5E29B9

monochromatic

#554C13 #87791E #B9A629 #D7C449 #E2D47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B9A629 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B9A629 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A629

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A629	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A629	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A10A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a629;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 166, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c06d',
    500: '#b9a629',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a629;
$custom-light: #d2c06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a629",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.083,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7206,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A629

secondary

#747FCA

accent

#57E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A629

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

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