#B9AF44#B9AF44

#B9AF44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.128 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AF44
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 63.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -9.59, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 55.24, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0308 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.128 104)
XYZ	xyz(36.3823, 41.3929, 11.5409)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF44 #444EB9

analogous

#B97544 #B9AF44 #89B944

triadic

#B9AF44 #44B9AF #AF44B9

tetradic

#B9AF44 #44B975 #444EB9 #B94489

square

#B9AF44 #44B975 #444EB9 #B94489

split-complementary

#B9AF44 #4489B9 #7544B9

monochromatic

#5F5A23 #8C8534 #B9AF44 #CAC370 #DBD69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B9AF44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#B9AF44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF44

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF44	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.128 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c67d',
    500: '#b9af44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af44;
$custom-light: #d1c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74196,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.41392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF44

secondary

#9296C7

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF44

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

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