#B9AA4E#B9AA4E

#B9AA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA4E
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -6.26, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 48.89, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0202 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.114 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7588, 39.6152, 12.9692)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA4E #4E5DB9

analogous

#B9754E #B9AA4E #93B94E

triadic

#B9AA4E #4EB9AA #AA4EB9

tetradic

#B9AA4E #4EB975 #4E5DB9 #B94E93

square

#B9AA4E #4EB975 #4E5DB9 #B94E93

split-complementary

#B9AA4E #4E93B9 #754EB9

monochromatic

#655C28 #918439 #B9AA4E #CABF7A #DCD4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B9AA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B9AA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA4E

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA4E	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c383',
    500: '#b9aa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa4e;
$custom-light: #d0c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.589,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA4E

secondary

#9AA0C9

accent

#66D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA4E

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

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