#B9A838#B9A838

#B9A838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A838
RGB	rgb(185, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -6.63, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 57.73, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0237 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7256, 38.6066, 9.3633)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A838 #3849B9

analogous

#B96838 #B9A838 #8AB938

triadic

#B9A838 #38B9A8 #A838B9

tetradic

#B9A838 #38B968 #3849B9 #B9388A

square

#B9A838 #38B968 #3849B9 #B9388A

split-complementary

#B9A838 #388AB9 #6838B9

monochromatic

#5B531C #8A7D2A #B9A838 #CFC05F #DDD38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B9A838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B9A838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A838

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A838	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)

#B8A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c175',
    500: '#b9a838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a838;
$custom-light: #d1c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7259,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A838

secondary

#858EC8

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A838

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

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