#B9AB45#B9AB45

#B9AB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB45
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -7.43, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 53.33, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0245 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6461, 39.8712, 11.4473)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB45 #4553B9

analogous

#B97145 #B9AB45 #8DB945

triadic

#B9AB45 #45B9AB #AB45B9

tetradic

#B9AB45 #45B971 #4553B9 #B9458D

square

#B9AB45 #45B971 #4553B9 #B9458D

split-complementary

#B9AB45 #458DB9 #7145B9

monochromatic

#605924 #8C8234 #B9AB45 #CABF71 #DBD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B9AB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B9AB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB45

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB45	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c37d',
    500: '#b9ab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab45;
$custom-light: #d1c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73347,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB45

secondary

#9399C7

accent

#62D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB45

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

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