#B9A246#B9A246

#B9A246 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A246
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 62.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -2.59, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 49.80, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0106 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.115 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0349, 36.5988, 11.0647)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A246 #465DB9

analogous

#B96946 #B9A246 #96B946

triadic

#B9A246 #46B9A2 #A246B9

tetradic

#B9A246 #46B969 #465DB9 #B94696

square

#B9A246 #46B969 #465DB9 #B94696

split-complementary

#B9A246 #4696B9 #6946B9

monochromatic

#605424 #8D7B35 #B9A246 #CAB872 #DBCF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B9A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B9A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A246

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A246	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd7d',
    500: '#b9a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a246;
$custom-light: #d1bd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71446,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A246

secondary

#949EC7

accent

#6DD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A246

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

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