#B9A644#B9A644

#B9A644 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.120 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A644
RGB	rgb(185, 166, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 63.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -4.86, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 52.02, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0173 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.12 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6887, 38.0056, 10.9764)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A644 #4457B9

analogous

#B96B44 #B9A644 #92B944

triadic

#B9A644 #44B9A6 #A644B9

tetradic

#B9A644 #44B96B #4457B9 #B94492

square

#B9A644 #44B96B #4457B9 #B94492

split-complementary

#B9A644 #4492B9 #6B44B9

monochromatic

#5F5623 #8C7E34 #B9A644 #CABC70 #DBD19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B9A644 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B9A644 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A644

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A644	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A644	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a644;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 166, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.120 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c07c',
    500: '#b9a644',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a644;
$custom-light: #d1c07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a644",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72271,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A644

secondary

#929AC7

accent

#67D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A644

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

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