#B9AD37#B9AD37

#B9AD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.135 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AD37
RGB	rgb(185, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -9.31, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 59.82, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0314 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6422, 40.4787, 9.5494)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AD37 #3743B9

analogous

#B96C37 #B9AD37 #84B937

triadic

#B9AD37 #37B9AD #AD37B9

tetradic

#B9AD37 #37B96C #3743B9 #B93784

square

#B9AD37 #37B96C #3743B9 #B93784

split-complementary

#B9AD37 #3784B9 #6C37B9

monochromatic

#5B551B #8A8129 #B9AD37 #CFC55E #DDD68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B9AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B9AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AD37

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AD37	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c575',
    500: '#b9ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ad37;
$custom-light: #d1c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73655,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AD37

secondary

#848AC8

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AD37

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

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