#B9AF3C#B9AF3C

#B9AF3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.134 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AF3C
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -10.08, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 58.56, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0331 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.134 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1546, 41.3019, 10.3417)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF3C #3C46B9

analogous

#B9703C #B9AF3C #84B93C

triadic

#B9AF3C #3CB9AF #AF3CB9

tetradic

#B9AF3C #3CB970 #3C46B9 #B93C84

square

#B9AF3C #3CB970 #3C46B9 #B93C84

split-complementary

#B9AF3C #3C84B9 #703CB9

monochromatic

#5D581E #8B832D #B9AF3C #CDC565 #DCD693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B9AF3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B9AF3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF3C

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF3C	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)

#BEA92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.134 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c678',
    500: '#b9af3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af3c;
$custom-light: #d1c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74126,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF3C

secondary

#898EC7

accent

#59DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF3C

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

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