#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
RGBrgb(185, 170, 67)
HSLhsl(52, 47%, 49%)
HSVhsv(52, 64%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.1%, 63.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.09, -7.04, 53.38)
CIE-LCHlch(69.09, 53.84, 97.51°)
OKLaboklab(73.11% -0.0237 0.1215)
OKLCHoklch(73.11% 0.124 101)
XYZxyz(35.3969, 39.4705, 11.0632)
Luminance0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B9AA431.002.368.898.89
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8921.001.001.00
##0000008.8921.001.001.00

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

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#B9AA43 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva