#B9AD32#B9AD32

#B9AD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.138 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AD32
RGB	rgb(185, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -9.55, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 61.68, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0326 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5284, 40.4332, 8.9499)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AD32 #323EB9

analogous

#B96932 #B9AD32 #81B932

triadic

#B9AD32 #32B9AD #AD32B9

tetradic

#B9AD32 #32B969 #323EB9 #B93281

square

#B9AD32 #32B969 #323EB9 #B93281

split-complementary

#B9AD32 #3281B9 #6932B9

monochromatic

#595318 #898025 #B9AD32 #D2C757 #DFD787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B9AD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B9AD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AD32

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AD32	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c573',
    500: '#b9ad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ad32;
$custom-light: #d2c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73619,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AD32

secondary

#7F85C8

accent

#55E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AD32

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

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