#B9AC36#B9AC36

#B9AC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.135 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC36
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -8.83, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 59.85, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0302 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4275, 40.0871, 9.3608)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC36 #3643B9

analogous

#B96B36 #B9AC36 #85B936

triadic

#B9AC36 #36B9AC #AC36B9

tetradic

#B9AC36 #36B96B #3643B9 #B93685

square

#B9AC36 #36B96B #3643B9 #B93685

split-complementary

#B9AC36 #3685B9 #6B36B9

monochromatic

#5A541A #8A8028 #B9AC36 #D0C45D #DDD58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B9AC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B9AC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC36

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC36	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c475',
    500: '#b9ac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac36;
$custom-light: #d2c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC36

secondary

#838AC8

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC36

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

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