#B9AF32#B9AF32

#B9AF32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.140 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AF32
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -10.59, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 62.36, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0356 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.14 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9148, 41.2059, 9.0787)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF32 #323CB9

analogous

#B96B32 #B9AF32 #7FB932

triadic

#B9AF32 #32B9AF #AF32B9

tetradic

#B9AF32 #32B96B #323CB9 #B9327F

square

#B9AF32 #32B96B #323CB9 #B9327F

split-complementary

#B9AF32 #327FB9 #6B32B9

monochromatic

#595418 #898125 #B9AF32 #D2C857 #DFD887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B9AF32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B9AF32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF32

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF32	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)

#BFA91B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.140 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c673',
    500: '#b9af32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af32;
$custom-light: #d2c673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74051,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF32

secondary

#7F84C8

accent

#52E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF32

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

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