#B9A73E#B9A73E

#B9A73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A73E
RGB	rgb(185, 167, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -5.77, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 54.95, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0206 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6973, 38.3011, 10.1217)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A73E #3E50B9

analogous

#B96A3E #B9A73E #8DB93E

triadic

#B9A73E #3EB9A7 #A73EB9

tetradic

#B9A73E #3EB96A #3E50B9 #B93E8D

square

#B9A73E #3EB96A #3E50B9 #B93E8D

split-complementary

#B9A73E #3E8DB9 #6A3EB9

monochromatic

#5D541F #8B7E2F #B9A73E #CCBE68 #DCD196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B9A73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B9A73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A73E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A73E	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 167, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c079',
    500: '#b9a73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a73e;
$custom-light: #d1c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72427,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A73E

secondary

#8C94C7

accent

#63D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A73E

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

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