#B9AE2B#B9AE2B

#B9AE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.143 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE2B
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -10.37, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 64.40, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0356 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.143 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5813, 40.7623, 8.2787)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE2B #2B36B9

analogous

#B9672B #B9AE2B #7DB92B

triadic

#B9AE2B #2BB9AE #AE2BB9

tetradic

#B9AE2B #2BB967 #2B36B9 #B92B7D

square

#B9AE2B #2BB967 #2B36B9 #B92B7D

split-complementary

#B9AE2B #2B7DB9 #672BB9

monochromatic

#565114 #877F1F #B9AE2B #D5CB4C #E1D97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B9AE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B9AE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE2B

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE2B	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#BEA80A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.143 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c56f',
    500: '#b9ae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae2b;
$custom-light: #d2c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.352,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73791,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE2B

secondary

#767DC9

accent

#4FE542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE2B

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

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