#B9A835#B9A835

#B9A835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A835
RGB	rgb(185, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -6.79, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 58.90, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0245 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6544, 38.5782, 8.9884)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A835 #3546B9

analogous

#B96635 #B9A835 #88B935

triadic

#B9A835 #35B9A8 #A835B9

tetradic

#B9A835 #35B966 #3546B9 #B93588

square

#B9A835 #35B966 #3546B9 #B93588

split-complementary

#B9A835 #3588B9 #6635B9

monochromatic

#5A521A #897D27 #B9A835 #D0C15B #DED38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B9A835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B9A835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A835

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A835	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c174',
    500: '#b9a835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a835;
$custom-light: #d2c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72566,
    "c": 0.13229,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A835

secondary

#828BC8

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A835

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

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