#B9A03E#B9A03E

#B9A03E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A03E
RGB	rgb(185, 160, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -2.04, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 52.72, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0099 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.12 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4495, 35.8054, 9.7058)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A03E #3E57B9

analogous

#B9623E #B9A03E #94B93E

triadic

#B9A03E #3EB9A0 #A03EB9

tetradic

#B9A03E #3EB962 #3E57B9 #B93E94

square

#B9A03E #3EB962 #3E57B9 #B93E94

split-complementary

#B9A03E #3E94B9 #623EB9

monochromatic

#5D511F #8B782F #B9A03E #CCB868 #DCCD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B9A03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B9A03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A03E

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A03E	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 160, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb78',
    500: '#b9a03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a03e;
$custom-light: #d1bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70945,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A03E

secondary

#8C98C7

accent

#6BD94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A03E

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

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