#B9AC37#B9AC37

#B9AC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.134 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC37
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -8.78, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 59.47, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.03 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.134 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4512, 40.0966, 9.4857)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC37 #3744B9

analogous

#B96B37 #B9AC37 #85B937

triadic

#B9AC37 #37B9AC #AC37B9

tetradic

#B9AC37 #37B96B #3744B9 #B93785

square

#B9AC37 #37B96B #3744B9 #B93785

split-complementary

#B9AC37 #3785B9 #6B37B9

monochromatic

#5B541B #8A8029 #B9AC37 #CFC45E #DDD58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B9AC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B9AC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC37

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC37	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)

#BCA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.134 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c475',
    500: '#b9ac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac37;
$custom-light: #d1c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73439,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC37

secondary

#848BC8

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC37

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

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