#B9AE3B#B9AE3B

#B9AE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.133 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE3B
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -9.61, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 58.60, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0319 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.133 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9345, 40.9036, 10.1392)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE3B #3B46B9

analogous

#B96F3B #B9AE3B #85B93B

triadic

#B9AE3B #3BB9AE #AE3BB9

tetradic

#B9AE3B #3BB96F #3B46B9 #B93B85

square

#B9AE3B #3BB96F #3B46B9 #B93B85

split-complementary

#B9AE3B #3B85B9 #6F3BB9

monochromatic

#5C571D #8B822C #B9AE3B #CDC464 #DCD692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B9AE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B9AE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE3B

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE3B	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)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.133 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c577',
    500: '#b9ae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae3b;
$custom-light: #d1c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73902,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE3B

secondary

#888EC7

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE3B

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

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