#B9AD4E#B9AD4E

#B9AD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AD4E
RGB	rgb(185, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -7.84, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 50.02, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0247 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.117 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3276, 40.7528, 13.1588)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AD4E #4E5AB9

analogous

#B9784E #B9AD4E #90B94E

triadic

#B9AD4E #4EB9AD #AD4EB9

tetradic

#B9AD4E #4EB978 #4E5AB9 #B94E90

square

#B9AD4E #4EB978 #4E5AB9 #B94E90

split-complementary

#B9AD4E #4E90B9 #784EB9

monochromatic

#655E28 #918739 #B9AD4E #CAC17A #DCD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B9AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B9AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AD4E

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AD4E	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c583',
    500: '#b9ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ad4e;
$custom-light: #d0c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AD4E

secondary

#9A9FC9

accent

#63D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AD4E

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

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