#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
RGBrgb(185, 173, 52)
HSLhsl(55, 56%, 46%)
HSVhsv(55, 72%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.5%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.79, -9.46, 60.21)
CIE-LCHlch(69.79, 60.95, 98.93°)
OKLaboklab(73.63% -0.0322 0.1334)
OKLCHoklch(73.63% 0.137 103.6)
XYZxyz(35.5725, 40.4508, 9.1822)
Luminance0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B9AD341.002.319.099.09
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0921.001.001.00
##0000009.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#B9AD34 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva