#B9AE4E#B9AE4E

#B9AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE4E
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -8.37, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 50.40, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0262 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.118 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5200, 41.1378, 13.2229)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE4E #4E59B9

analogous

#B9794E #B9AE4E #8FB94E

triadic

#B9AE4E #4EB9AE #AE4EB9

tetradic

#B9AE4E #4EB979 #4E59B9 #B94E8F

square

#B9AE4E #4EB979 #4E59B9 #B94E8F

split-complementary

#B9AE4E #4E8FB9 #794EB9

monochromatic

#655E28 #918839 #B9AE4E #CAC27A #DCD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B9AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#B9AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE4E

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE4E	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c583',
    500: '#b9ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae4e;
$custom-light: #d0c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74085,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE4E

secondary

#9A9FC9

accent

#62D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE4E

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

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