#B9A642#B9A642

#B9A642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A642
RGB	rgb(185, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -4.99, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 52.90, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0179 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6287, 37.9816, 10.6604)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A642 #4255B9

analogous

#B96B42 #B9A642 #91B942

triadic

#B9A642 #42B9A6 #A642B9

tetradic

#B9A642 #42B96B #4255B9 #B94291

square

#B9A642 #42B96B #4255B9 #B94291

split-complementary

#B9A642 #4291B9 #6B42B9

monochromatic

#5F5522 #8C7E32 #B9A642 #CBBC6D #DBD19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B9A642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B9A642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A642

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A642	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c07b',
    500: '#b9a642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a642;
$custom-light: #d1c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72251,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A642

secondary

#9099C7

accent

#66D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A642

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

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