#B9AE3E#B9AE3E

#B9AE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.131 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE3E
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -9.44, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 57.39, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0311 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.131 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0146, 40.9356, 10.5608)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE3E #3E49B9

analogous

#B9703E #B9AE3E #86B93E

triadic

#B9AE3E #3EB9AE #AE3EB9

tetradic

#B9AE3E #3EB970 #3E49B9 #B93E86

square

#B9AE3E #3EB970 #3E49B9 #B93E86

split-complementary

#B9AE3E #3E86B9 #703EB9

monochromatic

#5D581F #8B832F #B9AE3E #CCC368 #DCD596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B9AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#B9AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE3E

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE3E	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.131 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c579',
    500: '#b9ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae3e;
$custom-light: #d1c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73927,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE3E

secondary

#8C91C7

accent

#5BD94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE3E

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

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