#B9A040#B9A040

#B9A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A040
RGB	rgb(185, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -1.91, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 51.85, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0093 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.118 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5054, 35.8278, 10.0001)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A040 #4059B9

analogous

#B96440 #B9A040 #96B940

triadic

#B9A040 #40B9A0 #A040B9

tetradic

#B9A040 #40B964 #4059B9 #B94096

square

#B9A040 #40B964 #4059B9 #B94096

split-complementary

#B9A040 #4096B9 #6440B9

monochromatic

#5E5121 #8C7930 #B9A040 #CCB86B #DBCD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B9A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B9A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A040

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A040	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb79',
    500: '#b9a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a040;
$custom-light: #d1bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70964,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A040

secondary

#8E9AC7

accent

#6CD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A040

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

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