#B9AB54#B9AB54

#B9AB54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.110 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB54
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 84)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 54.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -6.32, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 46.43, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0196 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.11 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1719, 40.0816, 14.2169)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB54 #5462B9

analogous

#B97854 #B9AB54 #95B954

triadic

#B9AB54 #54B9AB #AB54B9

tetradic

#B9AB54 #54B978 #5462B9 #B95495

square

#B9AB54 #54B978 #5462B9 #B95495

split-complementary

#B9AB54 #5495B9 #7854B9

monochromatic

#68602B #93873C #B9AB54 #CBC07F #DDD6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B9AB54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B9AB54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB54

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB54	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.110 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c387',
    500: '#b9ab54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab54;
$custom-light: #d0c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.683,
    "s": 41.909,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73514,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB54

secondary

#9FA5CA

accent

#67D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB54

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

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