#B9A044#B9A044

#B9A044 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.115 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A044
RGB	rgb(185, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 63.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -1.66, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 50.07, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0081 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.115 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6233, 35.8750, 10.6212)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A044 #445DB9

analogous

#B96544 #B9A044 #98B944

triadic

#B9A044 #44B9A0 #A044B9

tetradic

#B9A044 #44B965 #445DB9 #B94498

square

#B9A044 #44B965 #445DB9 #B94498

split-complementary

#B9A044 #4498B9 #6544B9

monochromatic

#5F5323 #8C7934 #B9A044 #CAB770 #DBCE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B9A044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B9A044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A044

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A044	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)

#B09D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.115 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb7c',
    500: '#b9a044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a044;
$custom-light: #d1bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.179,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71005,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A044

secondary

#929DC7

accent

#6ED652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A044

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

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