#B9A729#B9A729

#B9A729 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A729
RGB	rgb(185, 167, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 77.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -6.79, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 62.84, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0257 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2282, 38.1135, 7.6511)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A729 #293BB9

analogous

#B95F29 #B9A729 #83B929

triadic

#B9A729 #29B9A7 #A729B9

tetradic

#B9A729 #29B95F #293BB9 #B92983

square

#B9A729 #29B95F #293BB9 #B92983

split-complementary

#B9A729 #2983B9 #5F29B9

monochromatic

#554D13 #877A1E #B9A729 #D7C549 #E2D57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B9A729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B9A729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A729

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A729	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 167, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c06e',
    500: '#b9a729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a729;
$custom-light: #d2c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72274,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A729

secondary

#747FCA

accent

#56E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A729

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

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