#B9A839#B9A839

#B9A839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.130 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A839
RGB	rgb(185, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -6.58, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 57.34, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0235 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.13 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7503, 38.6165, 9.4934)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A839 #394AB9

analogous

#B96839 #B9A839 #8AB939

triadic

#B9A839 #39B9A8 #A839B9

tetradic

#B9A839 #39B968 #394AB9 #B9398A

square

#B9A839 #39B968 #394AB9 #B9398A

split-complementary

#B9A839 #398AB9 #6839B9

monochromatic

#5B531C #8A7E2B #B9A839 #CEC061 #DDD290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B9A839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B9A839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A839

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A839	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)

#B8A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.130 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c176',
    500: '#b9a839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a839;
$custom-light: #d1c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72598,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A839

secondary

#868FC8

accent

#5FDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A839

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

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