#B9AB32#B9AB32

#B9AB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.137 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB32
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -8.51, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 61.01, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0297 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.137 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1478, 39.6719, 8.8231)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB32 #3240B9

analogous

#B96732 #B9AB32 #83B932

triadic

#B9AB32 #32B9AB #AB32B9

tetradic

#B9AB32 #32B967 #3240B9 #B93283

square

#B9AB32 #32B967 #3240B9 #B93283

split-complementary

#B9AB32 #3283B9 #6732B9

monochromatic

#595218 #897E25 #B9AB32 #D2C557 #DFD587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B9AB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B9AB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB32

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB32	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)

#BBA61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.137 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c372',
    500: '#b9ab32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab32;
$custom-light: #d2c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73188,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB32

secondary

#7F86C8

accent

#57E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB32

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

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