#B9AE36#B9AE36

#B9AE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.137 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE36
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -9.88, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 60.54, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0332 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.137 104)
XYZ	xyz(35.8110, 40.8542, 9.4886)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE36 #3641B9

analogous

#B96D36 #B9AE36 #83B936

triadic

#B9AE36 #36B9AE #AE36B9

tetradic

#B9AE36 #36B96D #3641B9 #B93683

square

#B9AE36 #36B96D #3641B9 #B93683

split-complementary

#B9AE36 #3683B9 #6D36B9

monochromatic

#5A551A #8A8128 #B9AE36 #D0C65D #DDD78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B9AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B9AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE36

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE36	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)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.137 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c575',
    500: '#b9ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae36;
$custom-light: #d2c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73863,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.40853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE36

secondary

#8389C8

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE36

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

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