#B9AC2D#B9AC2D

#B9AC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.141 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC2D
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 45)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -9.25, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 63.09, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0323 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.141 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2353, 40.0103, 8.3489)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC2D #2D3AB9

analogous

#B9662D #B9AC2D #80B92D

triadic

#B9AC2D #2DB9AC #AC2DB9

tetradic

#B9AC2D #2DB966 #2D3AB9 #B92D80

square

#B9AC2D #2DB966 #2D3AB9 #B92D80

split-complementary

#B9AC2D #2D80B9 #662DB9

monochromatic

#575015 #887E21 #B9AC2D #D4C84F #E0D780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B9AC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B9AC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC2D

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC2D	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)

#BCA612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.141 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c470',
    500: '#b9ac2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac2d;
$custom-light: #d2c470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73371,
    "c": 0.14052,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC2D

secondary

#7980C9

accent

#53E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC2D

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

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