#B9AE32#B9AE32

#B9AE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.139 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE32
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -10.07, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 62.02, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0341 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.139 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7209, 40.8181, 9.0141)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE32 #323DB9

analogous

#B96A32 #B9AE32 #80B932

triadic

#B9AE32 #32B9AE #AE32B9

tetradic

#B9AE32 #32B96A #323DB9 #B93280

square

#B9AE32 #32B96A #323DB9 #B93280

split-complementary

#B9AE32 #3280B9 #6A32B9

monochromatic

#595318 #898125 #B9AE32 #D2C857 #DFD787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B9AE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B9AE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE32

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE32	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)

#BEA81C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.139 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c573',
    500: '#b9ae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae32;
$custom-light: #d2c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73835,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE32

secondary

#7F85C8

accent

#54E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE32

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →