#B9AA36#B9AA36

#B9AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA36
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -7.79, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 59.18, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0272 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0497, 39.3316, 9.2349)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA36 #3645B9

analogous

#B96936 #B9AA36 #87B936

triadic

#B9AA36 #36B9AA #AA36B9

tetradic

#B9AA36 #36B969 #3645B9 #B93687

square

#B9AA36 #36B969 #3645B9 #B93687

split-complementary

#B9AA36 #3687B9 #6936B9

monochromatic

#5A531A #8A7E28 #B9AA36 #D0C25D #DDD48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B9AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B9AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA36

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA36	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c374',
    500: '#b9aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa36;
$custom-light: #d2c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73002,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA36

secondary

#838BC8

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA36

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

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