#B9A82A#B9A82A

#B9A82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A82A
RGB	rgb(185, 168, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -7.28, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 62.82, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.027 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4298, 38.4883, 7.8055)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A82A #2A3BB9

analogous

#B9602A #B9A82A #83B92A

triadic

#B9A82A #2AB9A8 #A82AB9

tetradic

#B9A82A #2AB960 #2A3BB9 #B92A83

square

#B9A82A #2AB960 #2A3BB9 #B92A83

split-complementary

#B9A82A #2A83B9 #602AB9

monochromatic

#554D13 #877B1F #B9A82A #D6C54A #E1D57C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B9A82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B9A82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A82A

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A82A	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A30C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 168, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c16e',
    500: '#b9a82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a82a;
$custom-light: #d2c16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.13881,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A82A

secondary

#757FCA

accent

#55E642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A82A

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

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