#B9AE38#B9AE38

#B9AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.136 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE38
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -9.77, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 59.78, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0327 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.136 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8589, 40.8733, 9.7411)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE38 #3843B9

analogous

#B96E38 #B9AE38 #83B938

triadic

#B9AE38 #38B9AE #AE38B9

tetradic

#B9AE38 #38B96E #3843B9 #B93883

square

#B9AE38 #38B96E #3843B9 #B93883

split-complementary

#B9AE38 #3883B9 #6E38B9

monochromatic

#5B561C #8A822A #B9AE38 #CFC55F #DDD68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B9AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B9AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE38

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE38	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)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.136 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c576',
    500: '#b9ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae38;
$custom-light: #d1c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73878,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE38

secondary

#858BC8

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE38

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

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