#B9AB2A#B9AB2A

#B9AB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.141 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB2A
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -8.85, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 63.76, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0314 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.141 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9900, 39.6088, 7.9922)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB2A #2A38B9

analogous

#B9642A #B9AB2A #80B92A

triadic

#B9AB2A #2AB9AB #AB2AB9

tetradic

#B9AB2A #2AB964 #2A38B9 #B92A80

square

#B9AB2A #2AB964 #2A38B9 #B92A80

split-complementary

#B9AB2A #2A80B9 #642AB9

monochromatic

#554F13 #877D1F #B9AB2A #D6C84A #E1D77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B9AB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B9AB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB2A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB2A	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.141 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c36e',
    500: '#b9ab2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab2a;
$custom-light: #d2c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73138,
    "c": 0.14129,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB2A

secondary

#757DCA

accent

#52E642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB2A

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

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