#B9AB3A#B9AB3A

#B9AB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB3A
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -8.10, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 57.95, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0277 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.131 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3357, 39.7471, 9.8128)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB3A #3A48B9

analogous

#B96C3A #B9AB3A #87B93A

triadic

#B9AB3A #3AB9AB #AB3AB9

tetradic

#B9AB3A #3AB96C #3A48B9 #B93A87

square

#B9AB3A #3AB96C #3A48B9 #B93A87

split-complementary

#B9AB3A #3A87B9 #6C3AB9

monochromatic

#5C551D #8A802B #B9AB3A #CEC262 #DCD491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B9AB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B9AB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB3A

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB3A	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c377',
    500: '#b9ab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab3a;
$custom-light: #d1c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73248,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB3A

secondary

#878EC7

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB3A

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

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