#B9AE49#B9AE49

#B9AE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.122 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE49
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -8.73, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 52.67, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0278 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.122 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3475, 41.0688, 12.3145)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE49 #4954B9

analogous

#B97649 #B9AE49 #8CB949

triadic

#B9AE49 #49B9AE #AE49B9

tetradic

#B9AE49 #49B976 #4954B9 #B9498C

square

#B9AE49 #49B976 #4954B9 #B9498C

split-complementary

#B9AE49 #498CB9 #7649B9

monochromatic

#625C26 #8E8637 #B9AE49 #CAC275 #DBD5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B9AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#B9AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE49

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE49	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)

#BCA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.122 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c580',
    500: '#b9ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae49;
$custom-light: #d1c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74031,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE49

secondary

#969BC8

accent

#60D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE49

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

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