#B9A830#B9A830

#B9A830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A830
RGB	rgb(185, 168, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -7.02, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 60.76, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0257 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5453, 38.5345, 8.4140)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A830 #3041B9

analogous

#B96430 #B9A830 #85B930

triadic

#B9A830 #30B9A8 #A830B9

tetradic

#B9A830 #30B964 #3041B9 #B93085

square

#B9A830 #30B964 #3041B9 #B93085

split-complementary

#B9A830 #3085B9 #6430B9

monochromatic

#585017 #887C23 #B9A830 #D3C354 #DFD484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B9A830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B9A830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A830

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A830	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 168, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c171',
    500: '#b9a830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a830;
$custom-light: #d2c171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72531,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A830

secondary

#7C86C9

accent

#59E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A830

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

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