#B9A44F#B9A44F

#B9A44F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A44F
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 57.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -3.00, 46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 46.28, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0106 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.108 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6957, 37.4313, 12.7930)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A44F #4F64B9

analogous

#B96F4F #B9A44F #99B94F

triadic

#B9A44F #4FB9A4 #A44FB9

tetradic

#B9A44F #4FB96F #4F64B9 #B94F99

square

#B9A44F #4FB96F #4F64B9 #B94F99

split-complementary

#B9A44F #4F99B9 #6F4FB9

monochromatic

#655928 #91803A #B9A44F #CABB7B #DCD1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B9A44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B9A44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A44F

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A44F	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be83',
    500: '#b9a44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a44f;
$custom-light: #d0be83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.113,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71969,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A44F

secondary

#9BA4C9

accent

#6ED355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A44F

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

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