#B9AD3D#B9AD3D

#B9AD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.131 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AD3D
RGB	rgb(185, 173, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -8.98, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 57.44, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0299 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.131 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7949, 40.5398, 10.3534)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AD3D #3D49B9

analogous

#B96F3D #B9AD3D #87B93D

triadic

#B9AD3D #3DB9AD #AD3DB9

tetradic

#B9AD3D #3DB96F #3D49B9 #B93D87

square

#B9AD3D #3DB96F #3D49B9 #B93D87

split-complementary

#B9AD3D #3D87B9 #6F3DB9

monochromatic

#5D571F #8B822E #B9AD3D #CDC366 #DCD595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B9AD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#B9AD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AD3D

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AD3D	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ad3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 173, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.131 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c579',
    500: '#b9ad3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ad3d;
$custom-light: #d1c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ad3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73703,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AD3D

secondary

#8B90C7

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AD3D

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

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