#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
RGBrgb(185, 173, 48)
HSLhsl(55, 59%, 46%)
HSVhsv(55, 74%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.5%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.77, -9.64, 61.64)
CIE-LCHlch(69.77, 62.39, 98.89°)
OKLaboklab(73.61% -0.0331 0.1357)
OKLCHoklch(73.61% 0.14 103.7)
XYZxyz(35.4862, 40.4163, 8.7276)
Luminance0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B9AD301.002.319.089.08
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0821.001.001.00
##0000009.0821.001.001.00

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

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#B9AD30 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva