#B9AA3B#B9AA3B

#B9AA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA3B
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -7.52, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 57.20, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0259 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1732, 39.3810, 9.8854)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA3B #3B4AB9

analogous

#B96B3B #B9AA3B #89B93B

triadic

#B9AA3B #3BB9AA #AA3BB9

tetradic

#B9AA3B #3BB96B #3B4AB9 #B93B89

square

#B9AA3B #3BB96B #3B4AB9 #B93B89

split-complementary

#B9AA3B #3B89B9 #6B3BB9

monochromatic

#5C551D #8B7F2C #B9AA3B #CDC164 #DCD392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B9AA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B9AA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA3B

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA3B	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c377',
    500: '#b9aa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa3b;
$custom-light: #d1c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73042,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA3B

secondary

#8890C7

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA3B

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

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