#B9A352#B9A352

#B9A352 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.105 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A352
RGB	rgb(185, 163, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 55.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -2.23, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 44.50, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.008 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.105 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6291, 37.1194, 13.3217)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A352 #5268B9

analogous

#B96F52 #B9A352 #9CB952

triadic

#B9A352 #52B9A3 #A352B9

tetradic

#B9A352 #52B96F #5268B9 #B9529C

square

#B9A352 #52B96F #5268B9 #B9529C

split-complementary

#B9A352 #529CB9 #6F52B9

monochromatic

#675A2A #93803B #B9A352 #CBBA7E #DCD1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B9A352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B9A352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A352

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A352	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 163, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.105 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be85',
    500: '#b9a352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a352;
$custom-light: #d0be85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.184,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71796,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A352

secondary

#9DA7CA

accent

#70D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A352

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

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