#B9AA43#B9AA43

#B9AA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.124 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA43
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 63.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -7.04, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 53.84, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0237 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.124 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.3969, 39.4705, 11.0632)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA43 #4352B9

analogous

#B96F43 #B9AA43 #8DB943

triadic

#B9AA43 #43B9AA #AA43B9

tetradic

#B9AA43 #43B96F #4352B9 #B9438D

square

#B9AA43 #43B96F #4352B9 #B9438D

split-complementary

#B9AA43 #438DB9 #6F43B9

monochromatic

#5F5722 #8C8133 #B9AA43 #CBBF6F #DBD39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B9AA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B9AA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA43

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA43	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)

#B9A537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.124 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c37c',
    500: '#b9aa43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa43;
$custom-light: #d1c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73114,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.39469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA43

secondary

#9198C7

accent

#62D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA43

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

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