#B9A736#B9A736

#B9A736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A736
RGB	rgb(185, 167, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -6.21, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 58.19, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0228 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(34.4937, 38.2197, 9.0495)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A736 #3648B9

analogous

#B96636 #B9A736 #8AB936

triadic

#B9A736 #36B9A7 #A736B9

tetradic

#B9A736 #36B966 #3648B9 #B9368A

square

#B9A736 #36B966 #3648B9 #B9368A

split-complementary

#B9A736 #368AB9 #6636B9

monochromatic

#5A511A #8A7C28 #B9A736 #D0C05D #DDD28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B9A736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B9A736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A736

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A736	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 167, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c074',
    500: '#b9a736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a736;
$custom-light: #d2c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7236,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.38218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A736

secondary

#838CC8

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A736

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

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