#B9A930#B9A930

#B9A930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A930
RGB	rgb(185, 169, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -7.55, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 61.08, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0272 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7307, 38.9052, 8.4758)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A930 #3040B9

analogous

#B96530 #B9A930 #84B930

triadic

#B9A930 #30B9A9 #A930B9

tetradic

#B9A930 #30B965 #3040B9 #B93084

square

#B9A930 #30B965 #3040B9 #B93084

split-complementary

#B9A930 #3084B9 #6530B9

monochromatic

#585017 #887D23 #B9A930 #D3C454 #DFD584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B9A930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B9A930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A930

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A930	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 169, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c271',
    500: '#b9a930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a930;
$custom-light: #d2c271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72745,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A930

secondary

#7C85C9

accent

#58E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A930

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

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