#B9AD34#B9AD34

#B9AD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.137 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AD34
RGB	rgb(185, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -9.46, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 60.95, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0322 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.137 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5725, 40.4508, 9.1822)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AD34 #3440B9

analogous

#B96A34 #B9AD34 #83B934

triadic

#B9AD34 #34B9AD #AD34B9

tetradic

#B9AD34 #34B96A #3440B9 #B93483

square

#B9AD34 #34B96A #3440B9 #B93483

split-complementary

#B9AD34 #3483B9 #6A34B9

monochromatic

#595419 #898027 #B9AD34 #D1C65A #DED689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B9AD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B9AD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AD34

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AD34	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)

#BDA720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.137 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c574',
    500: '#b9ad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ad34;
$custom-light: #d2c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73633,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AD34

secondary

#8187C8

accent

#56DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AD34

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

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