#B9AE31#B9AE31

#B9AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.140 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE31
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -10.12, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 62.37, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0343 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.14 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6995, 40.8096, 8.9017)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE31 #313CB9

analogous

#B96A31 #B9AE31 #80B931

triadic

#B9AE31 #31B9AE #AE31B9

tetradic

#B9AE31 #31B96A #313CB9 #B93180

square

#B9AE31 #31B96A #313CB9 #B93180

split-complementary

#B9AE31 #3180B9 #6A31B9

monochromatic

#585317 #898024 #B9AE31 #D2C855 #DFD886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B9AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B9AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE31

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE31	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA81A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.140 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c572',
    500: '#b9ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae31;
$custom-light: #d2c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE31

secondary

#7D83C8

accent

#53E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE31

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →