#B9AC2A#B9AC2A

#B9AC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.142 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC2A
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -9.37, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 64.08, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0329 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.142 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1796, 39.9880, 8.0554)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC2A #2A37B9

analogous

#B9642A #B9AC2A #7FB92A

triadic

#B9AC2A #2AB9AC #AC2AB9

tetradic

#B9AC2A #2AB964 #2A37B9 #B92A7F

square

#B9AC2A #2AB964 #2A37B9 #B92A7F

split-complementary

#B9AC2A #2A7FB9 #642AB9

monochromatic

#554F13 #877E1F #B9AC2A #D6C94A #E1D87C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B9AC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B9AC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC2A

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC2A	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)

#BCA609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.142 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c46f',
    500: '#b9ac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac2a;
$custom-light: #d2c46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC2A

secondary

#757DCA

accent

#51E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC2A

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

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