#B9A92A#B9A92A

#B9A92A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.140 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A92A
RGB	rgb(185, 169, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -7.80, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 63.13, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0285 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.14 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6151, 38.8590, 7.8673)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A92A #2A3AB9

analogous

#B9622A #B9A92A #81B92A

triadic

#B9A92A #2AB9A9 #A92AB9

tetradic

#B9A92A #2AB962 #2A3AB9 #B92A81

square

#B9A92A #2AB962 #2A3AB9 #B92A81

split-complementary

#B9A92A #2A81B9 #622AB9

monochromatic

#554E13 #877B1F #B9A92A #D6C64A #E1D67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B9A92A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B9A92A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A92A

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A92A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A92A	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A40B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a92a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 169, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.140 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c26e',
    500: '#b9a92a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a92a;
$custom-light: #d2c26e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a92a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A92A

secondary

#757FCA

accent

#54E642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A92A

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

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