#B9A244#B9A244

#B9A244 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A244
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 63.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -2.73, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 50.70, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0112 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.116 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9728, 36.5740, 10.7377)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A244 #445BB9

analogous

#B96844 #B9A244 #96B944

triadic

#B9A244 #44B9A2 #A244B9

tetradic

#B9A244 #44B968 #445BB9 #B94496

square

#B9A244 #44B968 #445BB9 #B94496

split-complementary

#B9A244 #4496B9 #6844B9

monochromatic

#5F5423 #8C7B34 #B9A244 #CAB970 #DBCF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B9A244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B9A244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A244

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A244	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)

#B19F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd7c',
    500: '#b9a244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a244;
$custom-light: #d1bd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71425,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A244

secondary

#929CC7

accent

#6CD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A244

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

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