#B9AB56#B9AB56

#B9AB56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AB56
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 53.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -6.15, 45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 45.47, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0189 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.108 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2514, 40.1134, 14.6354)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AB56 #5664B9

analogous

#B97956 #B9AB56 #95B956

triadic

#B9AB56 #56B9AB #AB56B9

tetradic

#B9AB56 #56B979 #5664B9 #B95695

square

#B9AB56 #56B979 #5664B9 #B95695

split-complementary

#B9AB56 #5695B9 #7956B9

monochromatic

#69602C #94883D #B9AB56 #CBC181 #DDD6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B9AB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B9AB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AB56

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AB56	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)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c388',
    500: '#b9ab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ab56;
$custom-light: #d0c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.515,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73539,
    "c": 0.10768,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AB56

secondary

#A0A6CB

accent

#68D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AB56

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

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