#B9AB49#B9AB49

#B9AB49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.120 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB49
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -7.16, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 51.55, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0233 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.12 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7744, 39.9226, 12.1235)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB49 #4957B9

analogous

#B97349 #B9AB49 #8FB949

triadic

#B9AB49 #49B9AB #AB49B9

tetradic

#B9AB49 #49B973 #4957B9 #B9498F

square

#B9AB49 #49B973 #4957B9 #B9498F

split-complementary

#B9AB49 #498FB9 #7349B9

monochromatic

#625A26 #8E8337 #B9AB49 #CABF75 #DBD4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B9AB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B9AB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB49

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB49	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.120 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c380',
    500: '#b9ab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab49;
$custom-light: #d1c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73388,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB49

secondary

#969CC8

accent

#64D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB49

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

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