#B9AE4A#B9AE4A

#B9AE4A 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 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE4A
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 60%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -8.66, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 52.22, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0275 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.122 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3810, 41.0821, 12.4905)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE4A #4A55B9

analogous

#B9764A #B9AE4A #8CB94A

triadic

#B9AE4A #4AB9AE #AE4AB9

tetradic

#B9AE4A #4AB976 #4A55B9 #B94A8C

square

#B9AE4A #4AB976 #4A55B9 #B94A8C

split-complementary

#B9AE4A #4A8CB9 #764AB9

monochromatic

#635D26 #8F8637 #B9AE4A #CAC276 #DBD5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B9AE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B9AE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE4A

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE4A	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.122 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c580',
    500: '#b9ae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae4a;
$custom-light: #d1c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.054,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74041,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE4A

secondary

#979CC8

accent

#61D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE4A

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

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