#B9AC3F#B9AC3F

#B9AC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.129 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC3F
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 63)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -8.34, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 56.26, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0278 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.129 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6588, 40.1797, 10.5788)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC3F #3F4CB9

analogous

#B96F3F #B9AC3F #89B93F

triadic

#B9AC3F #3FB9AC #AC3FB9

tetradic

#B9AC3F #3FB96F #3F4CB9 #B93F89

square

#B9AC3F #3FB96F #3F4CB9 #B93F89

split-complementary

#B9AC3F #3F89B9 #6F3FB9

monochromatic

#5E5720 #8B822F #B9AC3F #CCC169 #DCD497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B9AC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B9AC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC3F

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC3F	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.129 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c47a',
    500: '#b9ac3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac3f;
$custom-light: #d1c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73505,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC3F

secondary

#8D93C7

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC3F

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

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