#B9AA39#B9AA39

#B9AA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA39
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -7.63, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 58.01, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0265 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1223, 39.3607, 9.6174)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA39 #3948B9

analogous

#B96A39 #B9AA39 #88B939

triadic

#B9AA39 #39B9AA #AA39B9

tetradic

#B9AA39 #39B96A #3948B9 #B93988

square

#B9AA39 #39B96A #3948B9 #B93988

split-complementary

#B9AA39 #3988B9 #6A39B9

monochromatic

#5B541C #8A7F2B #B9AA39 #CEC161 #DDD490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B9AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B9AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA39

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA39	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)

#BAA529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c376',
    500: '#b9aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa39;
$custom-light: #d1c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73026,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA39

secondary

#868EC8

accent

#5CDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA39

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

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