#B9AE40#B9AE40

#B9AE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.130 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE40
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -9.32, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 56.56, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0305 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.13 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0705, 40.9579, 10.8552)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE40 #404BB9

analogous

#B97240 #B9AE40 #88B940

triadic

#B9AE40 #40B9AE #AE40B9

tetradic

#B9AE40 #40B972 #404BB9 #B94088

square

#B9AE40 #40B972 #404BB9 #B94088

split-complementary

#B9AE40 #4088B9 #7240B9

monochromatic

#5E5821 #8C8330 #B9AE40 #CCC36B #DBD598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B9AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#B9AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE40

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE40	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.130 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c57a',
    500: '#b9ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae40;
$custom-light: #d1c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73944,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE40

secondary

#8E93C7

accent

#5CD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE40

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

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