#B9AE41#B9AE41

#B9AE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.129 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE41
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -9.26, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 56.14, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0302 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0992, 40.9694, 11.0064)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE41 #414CB9

analogous

#B97241 #B9AE41 #88B941

triadic

#B9AE41 #41B9AE #AE41B9

tetradic

#B9AE41 #41B972 #414CB9 #B94188

square

#B9AE41 #41B972 #414CB9 #B94188

split-complementary

#B9AE41 #4188B9 #7241B9

monochromatic

#5E5921 #8C8331 #B9AE41 #CBC36C #DBD599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B9AE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#B9AE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE41

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE41	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)

#BDA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c57b',
    500: '#b9ae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae41;
$custom-light: #d1c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73953,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE41

secondary

#8F94C7

accent

#5DD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE41

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

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