#B9A72A#B9A72A

#B9A72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.138 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A72A
RGB	rgb(185, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -6.75, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 62.52, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0255 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.138 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2459, 38.1205, 7.7442)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A72A #2A3CB9

analogous

#B9602A #B9A72A #83B92A

triadic

#B9A72A #2AB9A7 #A72AB9

tetradic

#B9A72A #2AB960 #2A3CB9 #B92A83

square

#B9A72A #2AB960 #2A3CB9 #B92A83

split-complementary

#B9A72A #2A83B9 #602AB9

monochromatic

#554D13 #877A1F #B9A72A #D6C44A #E1D57C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B9A72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B9A72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A72A

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A72A	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)

#B7A20D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.138 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c06e',
    500: '#b9a72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a72a;
$custom-light: #d2c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72279,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A72A

secondary

#7580CA

accent

#56E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A72A

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

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