#B9A950#B9A950

#B9A950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A950
RGB	rgb(185, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 56.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -5.58, 47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 47.58, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.018 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6448, 39.2708, 13.2903)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A950 #5060B9

analogous

#B97550 #B9A950 #95B950

triadic

#B9A950 #50B9A9 #A950B9

tetradic

#B9A950 #50B975 #5060B9 #B95095

square

#B9A950 #50B975 #5060B9 #B95095

split-complementary

#B9A950 #5095B9 #7550B9

monochromatic

#665D29 #92843A #B9A950 #CABE7C #DCD4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B9A950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B9A950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A950

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A950	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c284',
    500: '#b9a950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a950;
$custom-light: #d0c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A950

secondary

#9BA2C9

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A950

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

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