#B9AC45#B9AC45

#B9AC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC45
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -7.96, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 53.69, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.026 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8357, 40.2504, 11.5105)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC45 #4552B9

analogous

#B97245 #B9AC45 #8CB945

triadic

#B9AC45 #45B9AC #AC45B9

tetradic

#B9AC45 #45B972 #4552B9 #B9458C

square

#B9AC45 #45B972 #4552B9 #B9458C

split-complementary

#B9AC45 #458CB9 #7245B9

monochromatic

#605924 #8C8334 #B9AC45 #CAC071 #DBD49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B9AC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B9AC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC45

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC45	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)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c47d',
    500: '#b9ac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac45;
$custom-light: #d1c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73561,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC45

secondary

#9399C7

accent

#61D552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC45

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

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