#B9AC55#B9AC55

#B9AC55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AC55
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -6.76, 45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 46.34, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0208 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.11 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4010, 40.4766, 14.4879)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AC55 #5562B9

analogous

#B97A55 #B9AC55 #94B955

triadic

#B9AC55 #55B9AC #AC55B9

tetradic

#B9AC55 #55B97A #5562B9 #B95594

square

#B9AC55 #55B97A #5562B9 #B95594

split-complementary

#B9AC55 #5594B9 #7A55B9

monochromatic

#69612B #94893D #B9AC55 #CBC180 #DDD6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B9AC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B9AC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AC55

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AC55	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ac55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c487',
    500: '#b9ac55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ac55;
$custom-light: #d0c487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ac55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.2,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7374,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AC55

secondary

#9FA5CB

accent

#66D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AC55

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

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