#B9AA38#B9AA38

#B9AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA38
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -7.68, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 58.40, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0267 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0976, 39.3508, 9.4873)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA38 #3847B9

analogous

#B96938 #B9AA38 #88B938

triadic

#B9AA38 #38B9AA #AA38B9

tetradic

#B9AA38 #38B969 #3847B9 #B93888

square

#B9AA38 #38B969 #3847B9 #B93888

split-complementary

#B9AA38 #3888B9 #6938B9

monochromatic

#5B541C #8A7F2A #B9AA38 #CFC25F #DDD48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B9AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B9AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA38

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA38	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)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c375',
    500: '#b9aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa38;
$custom-light: #d1c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA38

secondary

#858DC8

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA38

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

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