#B9AA33#B9AA33

#B9AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA33
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -7.94, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 60.31, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.028 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9814, 39.3043, 8.8752)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA33 #3342B9

analogous

#B96733 #B9AA33 #85B933

triadic

#B9AA33 #33B9AA #AA33B9

tetradic

#B9AA33 #33B967 #3342B9 #B93385

square

#B9AA33 #33B967 #3342B9 #B93385

split-complementary

#B9AA33 #3385B9 #6733B9

monochromatic

#595219 #897E26 #B9AA33 #D1C358 #DED588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B9AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B9AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA33

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA33	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)

#BAA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c273',
    500: '#b9aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa33;
$custom-light: #d2c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7298,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA33

secondary

#8088C8

accent

#59E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA33

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

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