#B9A73F#B9A73F

#B9A73F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A73F
RGB	rgb(185, 167, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -5.71, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 54.53, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0203 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7250, 38.3122, 10.2675)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A73F #3F51B9

analogous

#B96A3F #B9A73F #8EB93F

triadic

#B9A73F #3FB9A7 #A73FB9

tetradic

#B9A73F #3FB96A #3F51B9 #B93F8E

square

#B9A73F #3FB96A #3F51B9 #B93F8E

split-complementary

#B9A73F #3F8EB9 #6A3FB9

monochromatic

#5E5520 #8B7E2F #B9A73F #CCBD69 #DCD197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B9A73F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B9A73F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A73F

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A73F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A73F	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)

#B6A332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a73f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 167, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c079',
    500: '#b9a73f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a73f;
$custom-light: #d1c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a73f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72436,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A73F

secondary

#8D95C7

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A73F

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

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