#B9AC3C#B9AC3C

#B9AC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.131 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC3C
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -8.51, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 57.49, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0286 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.131 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5772, 40.1470, 10.1492)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC3C #3C49B9

analogous

#B96D3C #B9AC3C #87B93C

triadic

#B9AC3C #3CB9AC #AC3CB9

tetradic

#B9AC3C #3CB96D #3C49B9 #B93C87

square

#B9AC3C #3CB96D #3C49B9 #B93C87

split-complementary

#B9AC3C #3C87B9 #6D3CB9

monochromatic

#5D561E #8B812D #B9AC3C #CDC265 #DCD593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B9AC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B9AC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC3C

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC3C	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)

#BBA72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.131 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c478',
    500: '#b9ac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac3c;
$custom-light: #d1c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73479,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC3C

secondary

#8990C7

accent

#5CDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC3C

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

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