#B9AA3F#B9AA3F

#B9AA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA3F
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 63)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -7.29, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 55.55, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0248 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2810, 39.4241, 10.4529)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA3F #3F4EB9

analogous

#B96D3F #B9AA3F #8BB93F

triadic

#B9AA3F #3FB9AA #AA3FB9

tetradic

#B9AA3F #3FB96D #3F4EB9 #B93F8B

square

#B9AA3F #3FB96D #3F4EB9 #B93F8B

split-complementary

#B9AA3F #3F8BB9 #6D3FB9

monochromatic

#5E5620 #8B802F #B9AA3F #CCC069 #DCD397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B9AA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B9AA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA3F

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA3F	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)

#B9A531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c379',
    500: '#b9aa3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa3f;
$custom-light: #d1c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73076,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA3F

secondary

#8D94C7

accent

#60D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA3F

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

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