#B9AE35#B9AE35

#B9AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.137 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE35
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -9.93, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 60.92, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0334 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.137 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7877, 40.8449, 9.3662)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE35 #3540B9

analogous

#B96C35 #B9AE35 #82B935

triadic

#B9AE35 #35B9AE #AE35B9

tetradic

#B9AE35 #35B96C #3540B9 #B93582

square

#B9AE35 #35B96C #3540B9 #B93582

split-complementary

#B9AE35 #3582B9 #6C35B9

monochromatic

#5A551A #898127 #B9AE35 #D0C65B #DED78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B9AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B9AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE35

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE35	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)

#BEA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.137 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c574',
    500: '#b9ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae35;
$custom-light: #d2c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73856,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE35

secondary

#8288C8

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE35

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

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