#B9A855#B9A855

#B9A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A855
RGB	rgb(185, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -4.64, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 44.82, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0147 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.106 98)
XYZ	xyz(35.6511, 38.9769, 14.2379)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A855 #5566B9

analogous

#B97655 #B9A855 #98B955

triadic

#B9A855 #55B9A8 #A855B9

tetradic

#B9A855 #55B976 #5566B9 #B95598

square

#B9A855 #55B976 #5566B9 #B95598

split-complementary

#B9A855 #5598B9 #7655B9

monochromatic

#695E2B #94853D #B9A855 #CBBE80 #DDD4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B9A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B9A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A855

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A855	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c187',
    500: '#b9a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a855;
$custom-light: #d0c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.8,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72889,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.38975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A855

secondary

#9FA7CB

accent

#6BD156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A855

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

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