#B9AA45#B9AA45

#B9AA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA45
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -6.91, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 52.97, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.023 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4579, 39.4949, 11.3846)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA45 #4554B9

analogous

#B97045 #B9AA45 #8EB945

triadic

#B9AA45 #45B9AA #AA45B9

tetradic

#B9AA45 #45B970 #4554B9 #B9458E

square

#B9AA45 #45B970 #4554B9 #B9458E

split-complementary

#B9AA45 #458EB9 #7045B9

monochromatic

#605824 #8C8134 #B9AA45 #CABF71 #DBD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B9AA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B9AA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA45

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA45	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)

#B9A539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c37d',
    500: '#b9aa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa45;
$custom-light: #d1c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73133,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA45

secondary

#9399C7

accent

#63D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA45

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

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