#B9A243#B9A243

#B9A243 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.117 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A243
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 63.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -2.79, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 51.15, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0115 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.117 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9426, 36.5619, 10.5784)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A243 #435AB9

analogous

#B96743 #B9A243 #95B943

triadic

#B9A243 #43B9A2 #A243B9

tetradic

#B9A243 #43B967 #435AB9 #B94395

square

#B9A243 #43B967 #435AB9 #B94395

split-complementary

#B9A243 #4395B9 #6743B9

monochromatic

#5F5322 #8C7B33 #B9A243 #CBB96F #DBCF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B9A243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B9A243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A243

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A243	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)

#B29F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.117 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd7b',
    500: '#b9a243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a243;
$custom-light: #d1bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71415,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A243

secondary

#919BC7

accent

#6BD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A243

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

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