#B9AB37#B9AB37

#B9AB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.134 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB37
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -8.26, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 59.13, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0285 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.134 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2616, 39.7174, 9.4225)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB37 #3745B9

analogous

#B96A37 #B9AB37 #86B937

triadic

#B9AB37 #37B9AB #AB37B9

tetradic

#B9AB37 #37B96A #3745B9 #B93786

square

#B9AB37 #37B96A #3745B9 #B93786

split-complementary

#B9AB37 #3786B9 #6A37B9

monochromatic

#5B541B #8A7F29 #B9AB37 #CFC35E #DDD58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B9AB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B9AB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB37

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB37	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.134 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c375',
    500: '#b9ab37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab37;
$custom-light: #d1c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73224,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB37

secondary

#848BC8

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB37

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

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