#B9AB40#B9AB40

#B9AB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB40
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -7.75, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 55.48, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.026 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4973, 39.8117, 10.6641)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB40 #404EB9

analogous

#B96F40 #B9AB40 #8BB940

triadic

#B9AB40 #40B9AB #AB40B9

tetradic

#B9AB40 #40B96F #404EB9 #B9408B

square

#B9AB40 #40B96F #404EB9 #B9408B

split-complementary

#B9AB40 #408BB9 #6F40B9

monochromatic

#5E5721 #8C8130 #B9AB40 #CCC06B #DBD498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B9AB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B9AB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB40

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB40	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)

#BAA632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c37a',
    500: '#b9ab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab40;
$custom-light: #d1c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.733,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB40

secondary

#8E94C7

accent

#5FD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB40

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

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