#B9AB30#B9AB30

#B9AB30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB30
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -8.60, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 61.72, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0302 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1056, 39.6550, 8.6008)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB30 #303EB9

analogous

#B96730 #B9AB30 #82B930

triadic

#B9AB30 #30B9AB #AB30B9

tetradic

#B9AB30 #30B967 #303EB9 #B93082

square

#B9AB30 #30B967 #303EB9 #B93082

split-complementary

#B9AB30 #3082B9 #6730B9

monochromatic

#585117 #887E23 #B9AB30 #D3C654 #DFD684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B9AB30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B9AB30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB30

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB30	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c371',
    500: '#b9ab30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab30;
$custom-light: #d2c371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73175,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB30

secondary

#7C84C9

accent

#56E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB30

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

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