#B9AD41#B9AD41

#B9AD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.128 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AD41
RGB	rgb(185, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -8.74, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 55.78, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0287 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.128 103)
XYZ	xyz(35.9067, 40.5845, 10.9422)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AD41 #414DB9

analogous

#B97141 #B9AD41 #89B941

triadic

#B9AD41 #41B9AD #AD41B9

tetradic

#B9AD41 #41B971 #414DB9 #B94189

square

#B9AD41 #41B971 #414DB9 #B94189

split-complementary

#B9AD41 #4189B9 #7141B9

monochromatic

#5E5821 #8C8331 #B9AD41 #CBC26C #DBD599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B9AD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#B9AD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AD41

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AD41	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.128 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c57b',
    500: '#b9ad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ad41;
$custom-light: #d1c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73738,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.40583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AD41

secondary

#8F94C7

accent

#5ED850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AD41

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

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