#B9A545#B9A545

#B9A545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.118 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A545
RGB	rgb(185, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -4.26, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 51.23, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0155 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.118 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5384, 37.6558, 11.0781)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A545 #4559B9

analogous

#B96B45 #B9A545 #93B945

triadic

#B9A545 #45B9A5 #A545B9

tetradic

#B9A545 #45B96B #4559B9 #B94593

square

#B9A545 #45B96B #4559B9 #B94593

split-complementary

#B9A545 #4593B9 #6B45B9

monochromatic

#605524 #8C7D34 #B9A545 #CABB71 #DBD09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B9A545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B9A545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A545

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A545	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.118 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf7d',
    500: '#b9a545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a545;
$custom-light: #d1bf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72069,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A545

secondary

#939CC7

accent

#69D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A545

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

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