#B9AA3C#B9AA3C

#B9AA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA3C
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -7.46, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 56.80, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0257 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1994, 39.3915, 10.0233)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA3C #3C4BB9

analogous

#B96B3C #B9AA3C #89B93C

triadic

#B9AA3C #3CB9AA #AA3CB9

tetradic

#B9AA3C #3CB96B #3C4BB9 #B93C89

square

#B9AA3C #3CB96B #3C4BB9 #B93C89

split-complementary

#B9AA3C #3C89B9 #6B3CB9

monochromatic

#5D551E #8B802D #B9AA3C #CDC165 #DCD393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B9AA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B9AA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA3C

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA3C	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)

#B9A52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c378',
    500: '#b9aa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa3c;
$custom-light: #d1c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7305,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA3C

secondary

#8991C7

accent

#5EDA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA3C

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

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