#B9AA2A#B9AA2A

#B9AA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.140 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA2A
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -8.33, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 63.44, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.03 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.14 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8019, 39.2325, 7.9295)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA2A #2A39B9

analogous

#B9622A #B9AA2A #81B92A

triadic

#B9AA2A #2AB9AA #AA2AB9

tetradic

#B9AA2A #2AB962 #2A39B9 #B92A81

square

#B9AA2A #2AB962 #2A39B9 #B92A81

split-complementary

#B9AA2A #2A81B9 #622AB9

monochromatic

#554E13 #877C1F #B9AA2A #D6C74A #E1D77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B9AA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B9AA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA2A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA2A	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA50A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.140 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c26e',
    500: '#b9aa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa2a;
$custom-light: #d2c26e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72923,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA2A

secondary

#757ECA

accent

#53E642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA2A

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

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