#B9AE3D#B9AE3D

#B9AE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.132 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE3D
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -9.50, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 57.80, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0313 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.132 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9874, 40.9247, 10.4176)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE3D #3D48B9

analogous

#B9703D #B9AE3D #86B93D

triadic

#B9AE3D #3DB9AE #AE3DB9

tetradic

#B9AE3D #3DB970 #3D48B9 #B93D86

square

#B9AE3D #3DB970 #3D48B9 #B93D86

split-complementary

#B9AE3D #3D86B9 #703DB9

monochromatic

#5D571F #8B832E #B9AE3D #CDC466 #DCD695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B9AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B9AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE3D

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE3D	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)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.132 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c579',
    500: '#b9ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae3d;
$custom-light: #d1c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73918,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE3D

secondary

#8B90C7

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE3D

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

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