#B9A249#B9A249

#B9A249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.112 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A249
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -2.38, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 48.42, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0096 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.112 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1320, 36.6376, 11.5760)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A249 #4960B9

analogous

#B96A49 #B9A249 #98B949

triadic

#B9A249 #49B9A2 #A249B9

tetradic

#B9A249 #49B96A #4960B9 #B94998

square

#B9A249 #49B96A #4960B9 #B94998

split-complementary

#B9A249 #4998B9 #6A49B9

monochromatic

#625626 #8E7C37 #B9A249 #CAB975 #DBCFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B9A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B9A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A249

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A249	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.112 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd7f',
    500: '#b9a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a249;
$custom-light: #d1bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71479,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A249

secondary

#96A0C8

accent

#6ED454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A249

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

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