#B9A862#B9A862

#B9A862 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.093 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A862
RGB	rgb(185, 168, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 47%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -3.45, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 38.39, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0098 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.093 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2159, 39.2028, 17.2121)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A862 #6273B9

analogous

#B97C62 #B9A862 #9EB962

triadic

#B9A862 #62B9A8 #A862B9

tetradic

#B9A862 #62B97C #6273B9 #B9629E

square

#B9A862 #62B97C #6273B9 #B9629E

split-complementary

#B9A862 #629EB9 #7C62B9

monochromatic

#6F6332 #998944 #B9A862 #CCBF8C #DFD7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B9A862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B9A862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A862

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A862	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 168, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.093 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c190',
    500: '#b9a862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a862;
$custom-light: #d0c190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.276,
    "s": 38.326,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73072,
    "c": 0.09252,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A862

secondary

#A9B0CE

accent

#70CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A862

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

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