#B9AA32#B9AA32

#B9AA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.136 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA32
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -7.98, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 60.68, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0282 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(34.9596, 39.2956, 8.7603)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA32 #3241B9

analogous

#B96632 #B9AA32 #84B932

triadic

#B9AA32 #32B9AA #AA32B9

tetradic

#B9AA32 #32B966 #3241B9 #B93284

square

#B9AA32 #32B966 #3241B9 #B93284

split-complementary

#B9AA32 #3284B9 #6632B9

monochromatic

#595118 #897E25 #B9AA32 #D2C457 #DFD587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B9AA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B9AA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA32

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA32	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)

#BAA51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c272',
    500: '#b9aa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa32;
$custom-light: #d2c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72973,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.39294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA32

secondary

#7F87C8

accent

#58E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA32

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

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