#B9AE39#B9AE39

#B9AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.135 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE39
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -9.72, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 59.39, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0324 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8836, 40.8832, 9.8712)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE39 #3944B9

analogous

#B96E39 #B9AE39 #84B939

triadic

#B9AE39 #39B9AE #AE39B9

tetradic

#B9AE39 #39B96E #3944B9 #B93984

square

#B9AE39 #39B96E #3944B9 #B93984

split-complementary

#B9AE39 #3984B9 #6E39B9

monochromatic

#5B561C #8A822B #B9AE39 #CEC561 #DDD690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B9AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B9AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE39

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE39	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c576',
    500: '#b9ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae39;
$custom-light: #d1c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73886,
    "c": 0.13483,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE39

secondary

#868CC8

accent

#58DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE39

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

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