#B9A641#B9A641

#B9A641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A641
RGB	rgb(185, 166, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -5.05, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 53.33, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0182 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5994, 37.9700, 10.5065)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A641 #4154B9

analogous

#B96A41 #B9A641 #90B941

triadic

#B9A641 #41B9A6 #A641B9

tetradic

#B9A641 #41B96A #4154B9 #B94190

square

#B9A641 #41B96A #4154B9 #B94190

split-complementary

#B9A641 #4190B9 #6A41B9

monochromatic

#5E5521 #8C7D31 #B9A641 #CBBC6C #DBD199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B9A641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B9A641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A641

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A641	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)

#B5A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 166, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c07a',
    500: '#b9a641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a641;
$custom-light: #d1c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A641

secondary

#8F98C7

accent

#66D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A641

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

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