#B9AD30#B9AD30

#B9AD30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.140 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AD30
RGB	rgb(185, 173, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -9.64, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 62.39, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0331 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.14 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4862, 40.4163, 8.7276)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AD30 #303CB9

analogous

#B96930 #B9AD30 #80B930

triadic

#B9AD30 #30B9AD #AD30B9

tetradic

#B9AD30 #30B969 #303CB9 #B93080

square

#B9AD30 #30B969 #303CB9 #B93080

split-complementary

#B9AD30 #3080B9 #6930B9

monochromatic

#585217 #888023 #B9AD30 #D3C754 #DFD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B9AD30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B9AD30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AD30

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AD30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AD30	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)

#BDA718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ad30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 173, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.140 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c572',
    500: '#b9ad30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ad30;
$custom-light: #d2c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ad30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73606,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AD30

secondary

#7C83C9

accent

#53E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AD30

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

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