#B9A141#B9A141

#B9A141 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.118 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A141
RGB	rgb(185, 161, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -2.39, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 51.72, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0106 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.118 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7081, 36.1874, 10.2094)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A141 #4159B9

analogous

#B96541 #B9A141 #95B941

triadic

#B9A141 #41B9A1 #A141B9

tetradic

#B9A141 #41B965 #4159B9 #B94195

square

#B9A141 #41B965 #4159B9 #B94195

split-complementary

#B9A141 #4195B9 #6541B9

monochromatic

#5E5221 #8C7A31 #B9A141 #CBB86C #DBCE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B9A141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B9A141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A141

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A141	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 161, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.118 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bc7a',
    500: '#b9a141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a141;
$custom-light: #d1bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71184,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A141

secondary

#8F9AC7

accent

#6BD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A141

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

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