#B9AA35#B9AA35

#B9AA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA35
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -7.84, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 59.56, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0275 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0265, 39.3223, 9.1124)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA35 #3544B9

analogous

#B96835 #B9AA35 #86B935

triadic

#B9AA35 #35B9AA #AA35B9

tetradic

#B9AA35 #35B968 #3544B9 #B93586

square

#B9AA35 #35B968 #3544B9 #B93586

split-complementary

#B9AA35 #3586B9 #6835B9

monochromatic

#5A531A #897E27 #B9AA35 #D0C35B #DED48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B9AA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B9AA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA35

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA35	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)

#BAA522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c274',
    500: '#b9aa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa35;
$custom-light: #d2c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72995,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA35

secondary

#828AC8

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA35

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

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