#B9AC4E#B9AC4E

#B9AC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.116 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC4E
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -7.32, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 49.64, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0232 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.116 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1365, 40.3708, 13.0951)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC4E #4E5BB9

analogous

#B9774E #B9AC4E #91B94E

triadic

#B9AC4E #4EB9AC #AC4EB9

tetradic

#B9AC4E #4EB977 #4E5BB9 #B94E91

square

#B9AC4E #4EB977 #4E5BB9 #B94E91

split-complementary

#B9AC4E #4E91B9 #774EB9

monochromatic

#655D28 #918639 #B9AC4E #CAC17A #DCD5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B9AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B9AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC4E

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC4E	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.116 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c483',
    500: '#b9ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac4e;
$custom-light: #d0c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73656,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC4E

secondary

#9AA0C9

accent

#64D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC4E

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

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