#B9A241#B9A241

#B9A241 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.119 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A241
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -2.92, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 52.03, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0121 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.119 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8836, 36.5383, 10.2678)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A241 #4158B9

analogous

#B96641 #B9A241 #94B941

triadic

#B9A241 #41B9A2 #A241B9

tetradic

#B9A241 #41B966 #4158B9 #B94194

square

#B9A241 #41B966 #4158B9 #B94194

split-complementary

#B9A241 #4194B9 #6641B9

monochromatic

#5E5321 #8C7A31 #B9A241 #CBB96C #DBCF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B9A241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B9A241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A241

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A241	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.119 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd7a',
    500: '#b9a241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a241;
$custom-light: #d1bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71395,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A241

secondary

#8F99C7

accent

#6AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A241

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

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