#B9AD38#B9AD38

#B9AD38 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	#B9AD38
RGB	rgb(185, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -9.25, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 59.43, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0312 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6665, 40.4884, 9.6769)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AD38 #3844B9

analogous

#B96D38 #B9AD38 #84B938

triadic

#B9AD38 #38B9AD #AD38B9

tetradic

#B9AD38 #38B96D #3844B9 #B93884

square

#B9AD38 #38B96D #3844B9 #B93884

split-complementary

#B9AD38 #3884B9 #6D38B9

monochromatic

#5B551C #8A812A #B9AD38 #CFC45F #DDD68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B9AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B9AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AD38

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AD38	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)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c576',
    500: '#b9ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ad38;
$custom-light: #d1c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73662,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AD38

secondary

#858BC8

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AD38

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

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