#B9AF36#B9AF36

#B9AF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.138 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AF36
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -10.40, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 60.89, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0346 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.138 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0049, 41.2420, 9.5533)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF36 #3640B9

analogous

#B96E36 #B9AF36 #82B936

triadic

#B9AF36 #36B9AF #AF36B9

tetradic

#B9AF36 #36B96E #3640B9 #B93682

square

#B9AF36 #36B96E #3640B9 #B93682

split-complementary

#B9AF36 #3682B9 #6E36B9

monochromatic

#5A551A #8A8228 #B9AF36 #D0C75D #DDD78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B9AF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#B9AF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF36

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF36	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.138 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c675',
    500: '#b9af36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af36;
$custom-light: #d1c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74079,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF36

secondary

#8388C8

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF36

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

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