#B9AE46#B9AE46

#B9AE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.125 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE46
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 62.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -8.94, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 54.00, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0287 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.125 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2505, 41.0299, 11.8032)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE46 #4651B9

analogous

#B97546 #B9AE46 #8AB946

triadic

#B9AE46 #46B9AE #AE46B9

tetradic

#B9AE46 #46B975 #4651B9 #B9468A

square

#B9AE46 #46B975 #4651B9 #B9468A

split-complementary

#B9AE46 #468AB9 #7546B9

monochromatic

#605A24 #8D8435 #B9AE46 #CAC172 #DBD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B9AE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#B9AE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE46

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE46	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.125 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c57e',
    500: '#b9ae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae46;
$custom-light: #d1c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE46

secondary

#9499C7

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE46

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

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