#B9A653#B9A653

#B9A653 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A653
RGB	rgb(185, 166, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 55.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -3.75, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 45.06, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0123 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.106 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2064, 38.2128, 13.7033)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A653 #5366B9

analogous

#B97353 #B9A653 #99B953

triadic

#B9A653 #53B9A6 #A653B9

tetradic

#B9A653 #53B973 #5366B9 #B95399

square

#B9A653 #53B973 #5366B9 #B95399

split-complementary

#B9A653 #5399B9 #7353B9

monochromatic

#675C2A #93833C #B9A653 #CBBD7E #DCD3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B9A653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B9A653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A653

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A653	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 166, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c086',
    500: '#b9a653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a653;
$custom-light: #d0c086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.824,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72441,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A653

secondary

#9EA6CA

accent

#6DD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A653

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

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