#B9AC44#B9AC44

#B9AC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC44
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 63.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -8.02, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 54.13, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0263 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.125 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8049, 40.2381, 11.3484)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC44 #4451B9

analogous

#B97144 #B9AC44 #8CB944

triadic

#B9AC44 #44B9AC #AC44B9

tetradic

#B9AC44 #44B971 #4451B9 #B9448C

square

#B9AC44 #44B971 #4451B9 #B9448C

split-complementary

#B9AC44 #448CB9 #7144B9

monochromatic

#5F5923 #8C8234 #B9AC44 #CAC070 #DBD49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B9AC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B9AC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC44

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC44	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c47d',
    500: '#b9ac44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac44;
$custom-light: #d1c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73551,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC44

secondary

#9298C7

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC44

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

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