#B9A048#B9A048

#B9A048 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A048
RGB	rgb(185, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 61.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -1.38, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 48.25, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0068 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.111 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7496, 35.9255, 11.2863)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A048 #4861B9

analogous

#B96848 #B9A048 #99B948

triadic

#B9A048 #48B9A0 #A048B9

tetradic

#B9A048 #48B968 #4861B9 #B94899

square

#B9A048 #48B968 #4861B9 #B94899

split-complementary

#B9A048 #4899B9 #6848B9

monochromatic

#615425 #8E7A36 #B9A048 #CAB774 #DBCEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B9A048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B9A048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A048

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A048	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb7e',
    500: '#b9a048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a048;
$custom-light: #d1bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.726,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71048,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A048

secondary

#95A0C8

accent

#70D453

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A048

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

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