#B9AF33#B9AF33

#B9AF33 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	#B9AF33
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -10.54, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 62.00, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0353 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.14 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9366, 41.2147, 9.1936)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF33 #333DB9

analogous

#B96C33 #B9AF33 #80B933

triadic

#B9AF33 #33B9AF #AF33B9

tetradic

#B9AF33 #33B96C #333DB9 #B93380

square

#B9AF33 #33B96C #333DB9 #B93380

split-complementary

#B9AF33 #3380B9 #6C33B9

monochromatic

#595419 #898226 #B9AF33 #D1C858 #DED888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B9AF33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B9AF33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF33

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF33	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)

#BFA91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.140 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c673',
    500: '#b9af33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af33;
$custom-light: #d2c673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74058,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF33

secondary

#8085C8

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF33

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

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