#B9AF3A#B9AF3A

#B9AF3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AF3A
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -10.19, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 59.36, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0336 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1027, 41.2811, 10.0685)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF3A #3A44B9

analogous

#B9703A #B9AF3A #83B93A

triadic

#B9AF3A #3AB9AF #AF3AB9

tetradic

#B9AF3A #3AB970 #3A44B9 #B93A83

square

#B9AF3A #3AB970 #3A44B9 #B93A83

split-complementary

#B9AF3A #3A83B9 #703AB9

monochromatic

#5C571D #8A832B #B9AF3A #CEC562 #DCD791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B9AF3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B9AF3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF3A

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF3A	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c677',
    500: '#b9af3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af3a;
$custom-light: #d1c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74109,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF3A

secondary

#878CC7

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF3A

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

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