#B9A445#B9A445

#B9A445 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A445
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -3.73, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 50.90, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0139 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.117 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3587, 37.2965, 11.0182)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A445 #455AB9

analogous

#B96A45 #B9A445 #94B945

triadic

#B9A445 #45B9A4 #A445B9

tetradic

#B9A445 #45B96A #455AB9 #B94594

square

#B9A445 #45B96A #455AB9 #B94594

split-complementary

#B9A445 #4594B9 #6A45B9

monochromatic

#605524 #8C7C34 #B9A445 #CABA71 #DBD09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B9A445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B9A445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A445

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A445	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be7d',
    500: '#b9a445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a445;
$custom-light: #d1be7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71858,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A445

secondary

#939CC7

accent

#6AD552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A445

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

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