#B9AB3F#B9AB3F

#B9AB3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.128 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB3F
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 63)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -7.81, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 55.90, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0263 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.128 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4691, 39.8005, 10.5156)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB3F #3F4DB9

analogous

#B96E3F #B9AB3F #8AB93F

triadic

#B9AB3F #3FB9AB #AB3FB9

tetradic

#B9AB3F #3FB96E #3F4DB9 #B93F8A

square

#B9AB3F #3FB96E #3F4DB9 #B93F8A

split-complementary

#B9AB3F #3F8AB9 #6E3FB9

monochromatic

#5E5720 #8B812F #B9AB3F #CCC169 #DCD497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B9AB3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B9AB3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB3F

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB3F	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.128 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c37a',
    500: '#b9ab3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab3f;
$custom-light: #d1c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73291,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB3F

secondary

#8D93C7

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB3F

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

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