#B9AD2C#B9AD2C

#B9AD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.142 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AD2C
RGB	rgb(185, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -9.81, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 63.75, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.034 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.142 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4074, 40.3848, 8.3124)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AD2C #2C38B9

analogous

#B9672C #B9AD2C #7EB92C

triadic

#B9AD2C #2CB9AD #AD2CB9

tetradic

#B9AD2C #2CB967 #2C38B9 #B92C7E

square

#B9AD2C #2CB967 #2C38B9 #B92C7E

split-complementary

#B9AD2C #2C7EB9 #672CB9

monochromatic

#565114 #887F20 #B9AD2C #D5C94D #E1D87F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B9AD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B9AD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AD2C

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AD2C	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA70E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ad2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.142 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c570',
    500: '#b9ad2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ad2c;
$custom-light: #d2c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ad2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73581,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AD2C

secondary

#787FC9

accent

#51E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AD2C

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

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