#B9AD33#B9AD33

#B9AD33 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	#B9AD33
RGB	rgb(185, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -9.50, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 61.31, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0324 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5502, 40.4419, 9.0648)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AD33 #333FB9

analogous

#B96A33 #B9AD33 #82B933

triadic

#B9AD33 #33B9AD #AD33B9

tetradic

#B9AD33 #33B96A #333FB9 #B93382

square

#B9AD33 #33B96A #333FB9 #B93382

split-complementary

#B9AD33 #3382B9 #6A33B9

monochromatic

#595319 #898026 #B9AD33 #D1C658 #DED788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B9AD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B9AD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AD33

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AD33	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)

#BDA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c573',
    500: '#b9ad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ad33;
$custom-light: #d2c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73626,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AD33

secondary

#8086C8

accent

#55E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AD33

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

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