#B9AB4E#B9AB4E

#B9AB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.115 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB4E
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -6.79, 48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 49.26, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0217 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.115 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9469, 39.9916, 13.0319)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB4E #4E5CB9

analogous

#B9764E #B9AB4E #92B94E

triadic

#B9AB4E #4EB9AB #AB4EB9

tetradic

#B9AB4E #4EB976 #4E5CB9 #B94E92

square

#B9AB4E #4EB976 #4E5CB9 #B94E92

split-complementary

#B9AB4E #4E92B9 #764EB9

monochromatic

#655D28 #918539 #B9AB4E #CAC07A #DCD5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B9AB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B9AB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB4E

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB4E	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.115 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c383',
    500: '#b9ab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab4e;
$custom-light: #d0c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73443,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB4E

secondary

#9AA0C9

accent

#65D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB4E

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

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