#B9AF37#B9AF37

#B9AF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.137 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AF37
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -10.35, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 60.52, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0344 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.137 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0286, 41.2515, 9.6782)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF37 #3741B9

analogous

#B96E37 #B9AF37 #82B937

triadic

#B9AF37 #37B9AF #AF37B9

tetradic

#B9AF37 #37B96E #3741B9 #B93782

square

#B9AF37 #37B96E #3741B9 #B93782

split-complementary

#B9AF37 #3782B9 #6E37B9

monochromatic

#5B561B #8A8229 #B9AF37 #CFC65E #DDD78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B9AF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#B9AF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF37

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF37	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)

#BEA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.137 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c675',
    500: '#b9af37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af37;
$custom-light: #d1c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74086,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF37

secondary

#8489C8

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF37

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

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