#B9AC30#B9AC30

#B9AC30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.139 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC30
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -9.12, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 62.05, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0316 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.139 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2952, 40.0342, 8.6640)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC30 #303DB9

analogous

#B96830 #B9AC30 #81B930

triadic

#B9AC30 #30B9AC #AC30B9

tetradic

#B9AC30 #30B968 #303DB9 #B93081

square

#B9AC30 #30B968 #303DB9 #B93081

split-complementary

#B9AC30 #3081B9 #6830B9

monochromatic

#585217 #887F23 #B9AC30 #D3C754 #DFD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B9AC30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B9AC30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC30

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC30	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.139 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c471',
    500: '#b9ac30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac30;
$custom-light: #d2c471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7339,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC30

secondary

#7C84C9

accent

#55E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC30

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

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