#B9AA4F#B9AA4F

#B9AA4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AA4F
RGB	rgb(185, 170, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 57.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -6.19, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 48.42, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0198 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.113 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7949, 39.6297, 13.1594)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AA4F #4F5EB9

analogous

#B9754F #B9AA4F #93B94F

triadic

#B9AA4F #4FB9AA #AA4FB9

tetradic

#B9AA4F #4FB975 #4F5EB9 #B94F93

square

#B9AA4F #4FB975 #4F5EB9 #B94F93

split-complementary

#B9AA4F #4F93B9 #754FB9

monochromatic

#655D28 #91853A #B9AA4F #CABF7B #DCD4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B9AA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B9AA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AA4F

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AA4F	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aa4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 170, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c383',
    500: '#b9aa4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aa4f;
$custom-light: #d0c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aa4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.509,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73241,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AA4F

secondary

#9BA1C9

accent

#67D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AA4F

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

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