#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
RGBrgb(185, 173, 51)
HSLhsl(55, 57%, 46%)
HSVhsv(55, 72%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.5%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.78, -9.50, 60.57)
CIE-LCHlch(69.78, 61.31, 98.92°)
OKLaboklab(73.63% -0.0324 0.134)
OKLCHoklch(73.63% 0.138 103.6)
XYZxyz(35.5502, 40.4419, 9.0648)
Luminance0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B9AD331.002.319.099.09
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0921.001.001.00
##0000009.0921.001.001.00

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

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#B9AD33 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva