#B9AF3B#B9AF3B

#B9AF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.134 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AF3B
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -10.13, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 58.96, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0333 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.134 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1284, 41.2914, 10.2038)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF3B #3B45B9

analogous

#B9703B #B9AF3B #84B93B

triadic

#B9AF3B #3BB9AF #AF3BB9

tetradic

#B9AF3B #3BB970 #3B45B9 #B93B84

square

#B9AF3B #3BB970 #3B45B9 #B93B84

split-complementary

#B9AF3B #3B84B9 #703BB9

monochromatic

#5C571D #8B832C #B9AF3B #CDC564 #DCD692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B9AF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B9AF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF3B

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF3B	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)

#BEA92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.134 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c678',
    500: '#b9af3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af3b;
$custom-light: #d1c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74117,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF3B

secondary

#888DC7

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF3B

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

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