#B9AE34#B9AE34

#B9AE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.138 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE34
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -9.98, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 61.29, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0336 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.138 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7650, 40.8358, 9.2463)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE34 #343FB9

analogous

#B96C34 #B9AE34 #82B934

triadic

#B9AE34 #34B9AE #AE34B9

tetradic

#B9AE34 #34B96C #343FB9 #B93482

square

#B9AE34 #34B96C #343FB9 #B93482

split-complementary

#B9AE34 #3482B9 #6C34B9

monochromatic

#595419 #898127 #B9AE34 #D1C75A #DED789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B9AE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B9AE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE34

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE34	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.138 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c574',
    500: '#b9ae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae34;
$custom-light: #d2c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73849,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE34

secondary

#8187C8

accent

#55DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE34

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

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