#B9AA30#B9AA30

#B9AA30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.137 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA30
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -8.08, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 61.40, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0287 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.137 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9174, 39.2787, 8.5380)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA30 #303FB9

analogous

#B96630 #B9AA30 #83B930

triadic

#B9AA30 #30B9AA #AA30B9

tetradic

#B9AA30 #30B966 #303FB9 #B93083

square

#B9AA30 #30B966 #303FB9 #B93083

split-complementary

#B9AA30 #3083B9 #6630B9

monochromatic

#585117 #887D23 #B9AA30 #D3C554 #DFD584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B9AA30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B9AA30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA30

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA30	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.137 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c271',
    500: '#b9aa30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa30;
$custom-light: #d2c271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7296,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA30

secondary

#7C85C9

accent

#57E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA30

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

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