#B9AE4F#B9AE4F

#B9AE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AE4F
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 57.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -8.29, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 49.94, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0258 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.117 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5562, 41.1522, 13.4132)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AE4F #4F5AB9

analogous

#B9794F #B9AE4F #8FB94F

triadic

#B9AE4F #4FB9AE #AE4FB9

tetradic

#B9AE4F #4FB979 #4F5AB9 #B94F8F

square

#B9AE4F #4FB979 #4F5AB9 #B94F8F

split-complementary

#B9AE4F #4F8FB9 #794FB9

monochromatic

#655F28 #91883A #B9AE4F #CAC27B #DCD6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B9AE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#B9AE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AE4F

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AE4F	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)

#BCA945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c584',
    500: '#b9ae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ae4f;
$custom-light: #d0c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74096,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AE4F

secondary

#9B9FC9

accent

#62D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AE4F

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

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