#B9AB3C#B9AB3C

#B9AB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.130 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB3C
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -7.99, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 57.14, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0272 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.13 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3876, 39.7678, 10.0860)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB3C #3C4AB9

analogous

#B96C3C #B9AB3C #88B93C

triadic

#B9AB3C #3CB9AB #AB3CB9

tetradic

#B9AB3C #3CB96C #3C4AB9 #B93C88

square

#B9AB3C #3CB96C #3C4AB9 #B93C88

split-complementary

#B9AB3C #3C88B9 #6C3CB9

monochromatic

#5D561E #8B802D #B9AB3C #CDC165 #DCD493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B9AB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B9AB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB3C

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB3C	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)

#BAA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.130 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c378',
    500: '#b9ab3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab3c;
$custom-light: #d1c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73265,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB3C

secondary

#8990C7

accent

#5DDA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB3C

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

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