#B9AF30#B9AF30

#B9AF30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.141 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AF30
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -10.68, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 63.06, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.036 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.141 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8726, 41.1890, 8.8564)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF30 #303AB9

analogous

#B96A30 #B9AF30 #7FB930

triadic

#B9AF30 #30B9AF #AF30B9

tetradic

#B9AF30 #30B96A #303AB9 #B9307F

square

#B9AF30 #30B96A #303AB9 #B9307F

split-complementary

#B9AF30 #307FB9 #6A30B9

monochromatic

#585317 #888123 #B9AF30 #D3C954 #DFD984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B9AF30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B9AF30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF30

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF30	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.141 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c672',
    500: '#b9af30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af30;
$custom-light: #d2c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74038,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF30

secondary

#7C82C9

accent

#51E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF30

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

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