#B9AF41#B9AF41

#B9AF41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.130 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AF41
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -9.78, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 56.51, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0317 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.13 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2931, 41.3572, 11.0710)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF41 #414BB9

analogous

#B97341 #B9AF41 #87B941

triadic

#B9AF41 #41B9AF #AF41B9

tetradic

#B9AF41 #41B973 #414BB9 #B94187

square

#B9AF41 #41B973 #414BB9 #B94187

split-complementary

#B9AF41 #4187B9 #7341B9

monochromatic

#5E5921 #8C8431 #B9AF41 #CBC36C #DBD699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B9AF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#B9AF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF41

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF41	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.130 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c67b',
    500: '#b9af41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af41;
$custom-light: #d1c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74169,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF41

secondary

#8F93C7

accent

#5BD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF41

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

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