#B9A737#B9A737

#B9A737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A737
RGB	rgb(185, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -6.16, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 57.80, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0225 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(34.5175, 38.2292, 9.1745)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A737 #3749B9

analogous

#B96637 #B9A737 #8AB937

triadic

#B9A737 #37B9A7 #A737B9

tetradic

#B9A737 #37B966 #3749B9 #B9378A

square

#B9A737 #37B966 #3749B9 #B9378A

split-complementary

#B9A737 #378AB9 #6637B9

monochromatic

#5B521B #8A7C29 #B9A737 #CFBF5E #DDD28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B9A737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B9A737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A737

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A737	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c075',
    500: '#b9a737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a737;
$custom-light: #d2c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72368,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.38228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A737

secondary

#848DC8

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A737

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

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