#B9B34A#B9B34A

#B9B34A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B34A
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -11.26, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 54.18, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0349 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.127 106)
XYZ	xyz(37.3649, 43.0501, 12.8185)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B34A #4A50B9

analogous

#B97B4A #B9B34A #87B94A

triadic

#B9B34A #4AB9B3 #B34AB9

tetradic

#B9B34A #4AB97B #4A50B9 #B94A87

square

#B9B34A #4AB97B #4A50B9 #B94A87

split-complementary

#B9B34A #4A87B9 #7B4AB9

monochromatic

#635F26 #8F8A37 #B9B34A #CAC676 #DBD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B9B34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B9B34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B34A

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B34A	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c981',
    500: '#b9b34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b34a;
$custom-light: #d1c981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75119,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.43049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B34A

secondary

#9799C8

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B34A

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

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