#B9A645#B9A645

#B9A645 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A645
RGB	rgb(185, 166, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -4.79, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 51.57, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.017 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.119 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7194, 38.0180, 11.1385)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A645 #4558B9

analogous

#B96C45 #B9A645 #92B945

triadic

#B9A645 #45B9A6 #A645B9

tetradic

#B9A645 #45B96C #4558B9 #B94592

square

#B9A645 #45B96C #4558B9 #B94592

split-complementary

#B9A645 #4592B9 #6C45B9

monochromatic

#605624 #8C7E34 #B9A645 #CABC71 #DBD19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B9A645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B9A645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A645

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A645	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)

#B5A23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 166, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c07d',
    500: '#b9a645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a645;
$custom-light: #d1c07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72281,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A645

secondary

#939BC7

accent

#68D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A645

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

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