#B9AC33#B9AC33

#B9AC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.137 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC33
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -8.98, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 60.98, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0309 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.137 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3592, 40.0598, 9.0011)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC33 #3340B9

analogous

#B96933 #B9AC33 #83B933

triadic

#B9AC33 #33B9AC #AC33B9

tetradic

#B9AC33 #33B969 #3340B9 #B93383

square

#B9AC33 #33B969 #3340B9 #B93383

split-complementary

#B9AC33 #3383B9 #6933B9

monochromatic

#595319 #897F26 #B9AC33 #D1C558 #DED688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B9AC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B9AC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC33

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC33	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)

#BCA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.137 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c473',
    500: '#b9ac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac33;
$custom-light: #d2c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7341,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC33

secondary

#8087C8

accent

#57E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC33

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

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