#B9AE43#B9AE43

#B9AE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.127 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE43
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 63.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -9.13, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 55.30, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0296 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.127 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1581, 40.9930, 11.3169)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE43 #434EB9

analogous

#B97343 #B9AE43 #89B943

triadic

#B9AE43 #43B9AE #AE43B9

tetradic

#B9AE43 #43B973 #434EB9 #B94389

square

#B9AE43 #43B973 #434EB9 #B94389

split-complementary

#B9AE43 #4389B9 #7343B9

monochromatic

#5F5922 #8C8433 #B9AE43 #CBC26F #DBD59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B9AE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#B9AE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE43

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE43	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.127 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c57c',
    500: '#b9ae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae43;
$custom-light: #d1c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73972,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE43

secondary

#9196C7

accent

#5ED651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE43

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

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