#B9A443#B9A443

#B9A443 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A443
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 63.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -3.86, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 51.79, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0146 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.119 97)
XYZ	xyz(34.2977, 37.2721, 10.6968)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A443 #4358B9

analogous

#B96943 #B9A443 #93B943

triadic

#B9A443 #43B9A4 #A443B9

tetradic

#B9A443 #43B969 #4358B9 #B94393

square

#B9A443 #43B969 #4358B9 #B94393

split-complementary

#B9A443 #4393B9 #6943B9

monochromatic

#5F5422 #8C7C33 #B9A443 #CBBA6F #DBD09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B9A443 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B9A443 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A443

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A443	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A443	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a443;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be7b',
    500: '#b9a443',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a443;
$custom-light: #d1be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a443",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71837,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.3727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A443

secondary

#919AC7

accent

#69D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A443

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

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