#B9AB33#B9AB33

#B9AB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.136 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB33
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -8.46, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 60.64, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0295 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.136 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1696, 39.6806, 8.9379)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB33 #3341B9

analogous

#B96833 #B9AB33 #84B933

triadic

#B9AB33 #33B9AB #AB33B9

tetradic

#B9AB33 #33B968 #3341B9 #B93384

square

#B9AB33 #33B968 #3341B9 #B93384

split-complementary

#B9AB33 #3384B9 #6833B9

monochromatic

#595219 #897F26 #B9AB33 #D1C458 #DED588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B9AB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B9AB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB33

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB33	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.136 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c373',
    500: '#b9ab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab33;
$custom-light: #d2c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73195,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB33

secondary

#8087C8

accent

#58E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB33

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

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