#B9A730#B9A730

#B9A730 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A730
RGB	rgb(185, 167, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -6.50, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 60.44, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0242 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3614, 38.1667, 8.3527)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A730 #3042B9

analogous

#B96230 #B9A730 #86B930

triadic

#B9A730 #30B9A7 #A730B9

tetradic

#B9A730 #30B962 #3042B9 #B93086

square

#B9A730 #30B962 #3042B9 #B93086

split-complementary

#B9A730 #3086B9 #6230B9

monochromatic

#584F17 #887B23 #B9A730 #D3C254 #DFD384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B9A730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B9A730 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A730

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A730	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 167, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c071',
    500: '#b9a730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a730;
$custom-light: #d2c071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72317,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A730

secondary

#7C86C9

accent

#5AE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A730

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

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