#B9A154#B9A154

#B9A154 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.101 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A154
RGB	rgb(185, 161, 84)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 54.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -0.99, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 42.87, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0042 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.101 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3540, 36.4457, 13.6110)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A154 #546CB9

analogous

#B96F54 #B9A154 #9EB954

triadic

#B9A154 #54B9A1 #A154B9

tetradic

#B9A154 #54B96F #546CB9 #B9549E

square

#B9A154 #54B96F #546CB9 #B9549E

split-complementary

#B9A154 #549EB9 #6F54B9

monochromatic

#68592B #937F3C #B9A154 #CBB97F #DDD1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B9A154 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B9A154 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A154

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A154	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A154	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a154;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 161, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.101 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bc86',
    500: '#b9a154',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a154;
$custom-light: #d0bc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a154",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 41.909,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71403,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A154

secondary

#9FA9CA

accent

#73D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A154

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

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