#B9A449#B9A449

#B9A449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.114 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A449
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -3.45, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 49.08, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0127 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.114 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4871, 37.3478, 11.6943)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A449 #495EB9

analogous

#B96C49 #B9A449 #96B949

triadic

#B9A449 #49B9A4 #A449B9

tetradic

#B9A449 #49B96C #495EB9 #B94996

square

#B9A449 #49B96C #495EB9 #B94996

split-complementary

#B9A449 #4996B9 #6C49B9

monochromatic

#625726 #8E7E37 #B9A449 #CABA75 #DBD0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B9A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B9A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A449

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A449	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.114 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be7f',
    500: '#b9a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a449;
$custom-light: #d1be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.719,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A449

secondary

#969FC8

accent

#6CD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A449

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

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