#B9AA40#B9AA40

#B9AA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA40
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -7.23, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 55.13, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0245 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3092, 39.4354, 10.6014)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA40 #404FB9

analogous

#B96E40 #B9AA40 #8CB940

triadic

#B9AA40 #40B9AA #AA40B9

tetradic

#B9AA40 #40B96E #404FB9 #B9408C

square

#B9AA40 #40B96E #404FB9 #B9408C

split-complementary

#B9AA40 #408CB9 #6E40B9

monochromatic

#5E5621 #8C8030 #B9AA40 #CCC06B #DBD398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B9AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B9AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA40

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA40	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c37a',
    500: '#b9aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa40;
$custom-light: #d1c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73085,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA40

secondary

#8E95C7

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA40

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

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