#B9AA3D#B9AA3D

#B9AA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.128 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA3D
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -7.41, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 56.39, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0254 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2261, 39.4022, 10.1638)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA3D #3D4CB9

analogous

#B96C3D #B9AA3D #8AB93D

triadic

#B9AA3D #3DB9AA #AA3DB9

tetradic

#B9AA3D #3DB96C #3D4CB9 #B93D8A

square

#B9AA3D #3DB96C #3D4CB9 #B93D8A

split-complementary

#B9AA3D #3D8AB9 #6C3DB9

monochromatic

#5D551F #8B802E #B9AA3D #CDC066 #DCD395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B9AA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B9AA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA3D

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA3D	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#B9A52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c378',
    500: '#b9aa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa3d;
$custom-light: #d1c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73059,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA3D

secondary

#8B92C7

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA3D

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

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