#B9A939#B9A939

#B9A939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A939
RGB	rgb(185, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -7.10, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 57.67, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.025 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(34.9356, 38.9872, 9.5552)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A939 #3949B9

analogous

#B96939 #B9A939 #89B939

triadic

#B9A939 #39B9A9 #A939B9

tetradic

#B9A939 #39B969 #3949B9 #B93989

square

#B9A939 #39B969 #3949B9 #B93989

split-complementary

#B9A939 #3989B9 #6939B9

monochromatic

#5B541C #8A7E2B #B9A939 #CEC161 #DDD390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B9A939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B9A939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A939

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A939	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c276',
    500: '#b9a939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a939;
$custom-light: #d1c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72811,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.38986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A939

secondary

#868EC8

accent

#5EDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A939

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

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