#B9A73A#B9A73A

#B9A73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A73A
RGB	rgb(185, 167, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -6.00, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 56.60, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0217 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5916, 38.2588, 9.5648)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A73A #3A4CB9

analogous

#B9673A #B9A73A #8BB93A

triadic

#B9A73A #3AB9A7 #A73AB9

tetradic

#B9A73A #3AB967 #3A4CB9 #B93A8B

square

#B9A73A #3AB967 #3A4CB9 #B93A8B

split-complementary

#B9A73A #3A8BB9 #673AB9

monochromatic

#5C531D #8A7D2B #B9A73A #CEBF62 #DCD291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B9A73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B9A73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A73A

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A73A	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)

#B7A22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 167, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c076',
    500: '#b9a73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a73a;
$custom-light: #d1c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72392,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A73A

secondary

#8790C7

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A73A

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

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