#B9AA44#B9AA44

#B9AA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA44
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 63.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -6.97, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 53.41, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0234 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.4271, 39.4826, 11.2225)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA44 #4453B9

analogous

#B97044 #B9AA44 #8DB944

triadic

#B9AA44 #44B9AA #AA44B9

tetradic

#B9AA44 #44B970 #4453B9 #B9448D

square

#B9AA44 #44B970 #4453B9 #B9448D

split-complementary

#B9AA44 #448DB9 #7044B9

monochromatic

#5F5823 #8C8134 #B9AA44 #CABF70 #DBD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B9AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B9AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA44

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA44	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c37c',
    500: '#b9aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa44;
$custom-light: #d1c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73123,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.39481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA44

secondary

#9299C7

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA44

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

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