#B9A640#B9A640

#B9A640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.123 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A640
RGB	rgb(185, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -5.11, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 53.76, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0185 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.123 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5707, 37.9585, 10.3552)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A640 #4053B9

analogous

#B96A40 #B9A640 #90B940

triadic

#B9A640 #40B9A6 #A640B9

tetradic

#B9A640 #40B96A #4053B9 #B94090

square

#B9A640 #40B96A #4053B9 #B94090

split-complementary

#B9A640 #4090B9 #6A40B9

monochromatic

#5E5421 #8C7D30 #B9A640 #CCBC6B #DBD198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B9A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B9A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A640

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A640	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.123 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c07a',
    500: '#b9a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a640;
$custom-light: #d1c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72232,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A640

secondary

#8E97C7

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A640

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

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