#B9AE3A#B9AE3A

#B9AE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE3A
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -9.67, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 59.00, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0321 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.134 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9088, 40.8933, 10.0039)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE3A #3A45B9

analogous

#B96E3A #B9AE3A #85B93A

triadic

#B9AE3A #3AB9AE #AE3AB9

tetradic

#B9AE3A #3AB96E #3A45B9 #B93A85

square

#B9AE3A #3AB96E #3A45B9 #B93A85

split-complementary

#B9AE3A #3A85B9 #6E3AB9

monochromatic

#5C561D #8A822B #B9AE3A #CEC562 #DCD691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B9AE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B9AE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE3A

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE3A	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c577',
    500: '#b9ae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae3a;
$custom-light: #d1c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73894,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE3A

secondary

#878DC7

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE3A

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

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