#B9AC3D#B9AC3D

#B9AC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.130 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC3D
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -8.45, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 57.09, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0284 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.13 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6039, 40.1577, 10.2898)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC3D #3D4AB9

analogous

#B96E3D #B9AC3D #88B93D

triadic

#B9AC3D #3DB9AC #AC3DB9

tetradic

#B9AC3D #3DB96E #3D4AB9 #B93D88

square

#B9AC3D #3DB96E #3D4AB9 #B93D88

split-complementary

#B9AC3D #3D88B9 #6E3DB9

monochromatic

#5D561F #8B812E #B9AC3D #CDC266 #DCD495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B9AC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B9AC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC3D

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC3D	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)

#BBA72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.130 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c478',
    500: '#b9ac3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac3d;
$custom-light: #d1c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC3D

secondary

#8B91C7

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC3D

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

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