#B9AE44#B9AE44

#B9AE44 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	#B9AE44
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 63.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -9.07, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 54.87, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0293 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.127 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1884, 41.0051, 11.4763)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE44 #444FB9

analogous

#B97444 #B9AE44 #8AB944

triadic

#B9AE44 #44B9AE #AE44B9

tetradic

#B9AE44 #44B974 #444FB9 #B9448A

square

#B9AE44 #44B974 #444FB9 #B9448A

split-complementary

#B9AE44 #448AB9 #7444B9

monochromatic

#5F5A23 #8C8434 #B9AE44 #CAC270 #DBD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B9AE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#B9AE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE44

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE44	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)

#BDA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.127 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c57d',
    500: '#b9ae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae44;
$custom-light: #d1c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73981,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE44

secondary

#9297C7

accent

#5ED652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE44

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

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