#B9AE45#B9AE45

#B9AE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.126 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE45
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -9.00, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 54.43, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.029 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.126 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2192, 41.0174, 11.6384)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE45 #4550B9

analogous

#B97445 #B9AE45 #8AB945

triadic

#B9AE45 #45B9AE #AE45B9

tetradic

#B9AE45 #45B974 #4550B9 #B9458A

square

#B9AE45 #45B974 #4550B9 #B9458A

split-complementary

#B9AE45 #458AB9 #7445B9

monochromatic

#605A24 #8C8434 #B9AE45 #CAC271 #DBD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B9AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#B9AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE45

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE45	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)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.126 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c57d',
    500: '#b9ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae45;
$custom-light: #d1c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73991,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE45

secondary

#9398C7

accent

#5FD552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE45

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

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