#B9AC3B#B9AC3B

#B9AC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.132 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC3B
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -8.57, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 57.90, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0289 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.132 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5510, 40.1366, 10.0113)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC3B #3B48B9

analogous

#B96D3B #B9AC3B #87B93B

triadic

#B9AC3B #3BB9AC #AC3BB9

tetradic

#B9AC3B #3BB96D #3B48B9 #B93B87

square

#B9AC3B #3BB96D #3B48B9 #B93B87

split-complementary

#B9AC3B #3B87B9 #6D3BB9

monochromatic

#5C561D #8B812C #B9AC3B #CDC364 #DCD592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B9AC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B9AC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC3B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC3B	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c477',
    500: '#b9ac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac3b;
$custom-light: #d1c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73471,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC3B

secondary

#888FC7

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC3B

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

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