#B9AA46#B9AA46

#B9AA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA46
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 62.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -6.84, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 52.53, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0227 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4892, 39.5074, 11.5495)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA46 #4655B9

analogous

#B97146 #B9AA46 #8EB946

triadic

#B9AA46 #46B9AA #AA46B9

tetradic

#B9AA46 #46B971 #4655B9 #B9468E

square

#B9AA46 #46B971 #4655B9 #B9468E

split-complementary

#B9AA46 #468EB9 #7146B9

monochromatic

#605824 #8D8135 #B9AA46 #CABE72 #DBD39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B9AA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B9AA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA46

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA46	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)

#B9A53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c37e',
    500: '#b9aa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa46;
$custom-light: #d1c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73143,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA46

secondary

#949AC7

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA46

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

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