#B9AC4F#B9AC4F

#B9AC4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.115 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC4F
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 57.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -7.24, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 49.17, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0228 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.115 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1727, 40.3852, 13.2853)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC4F #4F5CB9

analogous

#B9774F #B9AC4F #91B94F

triadic

#B9AC4F #4FB9AC #AC4FB9

tetradic

#B9AC4F #4FB977 #4F5CB9 #B94F91

square

#B9AC4F #4FB977 #4F5CB9 #B94F91

split-complementary

#B9AC4F #4F91B9 #774FB9

monochromatic

#655E28 #91863A #B9AC4F #CAC17B #DCD5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B9AC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B9AC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC4F

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC4F	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.115 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c483',
    500: '#b9ac4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac4f;
$custom-light: #d0c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.642,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73668,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC4F

secondary

#9BA0C9

accent

#64D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC4F

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

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