#B9AF34#B9AF34

#B9AF34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.139 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AF34
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -10.50, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 61.64, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0351 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9589, 41.2236, 9.3110)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF34 #343EB9

analogous

#B96D34 #B9AF34 #81B934

triadic

#B9AF34 #34B9AF #AF34B9

tetradic

#B9AF34 #34B96D #343EB9 #B93481

square

#B9AF34 #34B96D #343EB9 #B93481

split-complementary

#B9AF34 #3481B9 #6D34B9

monochromatic

#595519 #898227 #B9AF34 #D1C85A #DED889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B9AF34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B9AF34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF34

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF34	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)

#BFA91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c674',
    500: '#b9af34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af34;
$custom-light: #d2c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74065,
    "c": 0.13903,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF34

secondary

#8186C8

accent

#54DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF34

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

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