#B9AA37#B9AA37

#B9AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA37
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -7.74, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 58.79, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.027 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0734, 39.3411, 9.3598)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA37 #3746B9

analogous

#B96937 #B9AA37 #87B937

triadic

#B9AA37 #37B9AA #AA37B9

tetradic

#B9AA37 #37B969 #3746B9 #B93787

square

#B9AA37 #37B969 #3746B9 #B93787

split-complementary

#B9AA37 #3787B9 #6937B9

monochromatic

#5B531B #8A7F29 #B9AA37 #CFC25E #DDD48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B9AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B9AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA37

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA37	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)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c375',
    500: '#b9aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa37;
$custom-light: #d1c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7301,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA37

secondary

#848CC8

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA37

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

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