#B9AA49#B9AA49

#B9AA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA49
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -6.63, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 51.18, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0218 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5863, 39.5462, 12.0607)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA49 #4958B9

analogous

#B97249 #B9AA49 #90B949

triadic

#B9AA49 #49B9AA #AA49B9

tetradic

#B9AA49 #49B972 #4958B9 #B94990

square

#B9AA49 #49B972 #4958B9 #B94990

split-complementary

#B9AA49 #4990B9 #7249B9

monochromatic

#625A26 #8E8237 #B9AA49 #CABF75 #DBD3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B9AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B9AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA49

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA49	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c37f',
    500: '#b9aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa49;
$custom-light: #d1c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73174,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA49

secondary

#969DC8

accent

#65D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA49

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

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