#B9A43E#B9A43E

#B9A43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.123 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A43E
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -4.17, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 53.96, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0161 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.123 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1541, 37.2146, 9.9406)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A43E #3E53B9

analogous

#B9663E #B9A43E #90B93E

triadic

#B9A43E #3EB9A4 #A43EB9

tetradic

#B9A43E #3EB966 #3E53B9 #B93E90

square

#B9A43E #3EB966 #3E53B9 #B93E90

split-complementary

#B9A43E #3E90B9 #663EB9

monochromatic

#5D531F #8B7B2F #B9A43E #CCBB68 #DCD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B9A43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B9A43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A43E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A43E	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.123 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be78',
    500: '#b9a43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a43e;
$custom-light: #d1be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7179,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A43E

secondary

#8C96C7

accent

#66D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A43E

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

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