#B9AB44#B9AB44

#B9AB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9AB44
RGBrgb(185, 171, 68)
HSLhsl(53, 46%, 50%)
HSVhsv(53, 63%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.6%, 63.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.37, -7.50, 53.24)
CIE-LCHlch(69.37, 53.77, 98.02°)
OKLaboklab(73.34% -0.0249 0.1214)
OKLCHoklch(73.34% 0.124 101.6)
XYZxyz(35.6153, 39.8589, 11.2852)
Luminance0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9AB44 #4452B9
analogous
#B97144 #B9AB44 #8CB944
triadic
#B9AB44 #44B9AB #AB44B9
tetradic
#B9AB44 #44B971 #4452B9 #B9448C
square
#B9AB44 #44B971 #4452B9 #B9448C
split-complementary
#B9AB44 #448CB9 #7144B9
monochromatic
#5F5823 #8C8234 #B9AB44 #CAC070 #DBD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34
#B9AB44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97
#B9AB44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB44
8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9AB44#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9AB441.002.348.978.97
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9721.001.001.00
##0000008.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA638
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAC4A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6A095
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9ab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.124 101.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c37c',
    500: '#b9ab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9ab44;
$custom-light: #d1c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9ab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73337,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9AB44
secondary
#9298C7
accent
#62D652
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF7EE
border
#D3D0C9
text
#14120A
muted
#83817C

Preview Lab

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#B9AB44 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva