#B9AF45#B9AF45

#B9AF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AF45
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -9.53, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 54.81, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0305 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.127 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4131, 41.4052, 11.7030)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF45 #454FB9

analogous

#B97545 #B9AF45 #89B945

triadic

#B9AF45 #45B9AF #AF45B9

tetradic

#B9AF45 #45B975 #454FB9 #B94589

square

#B9AF45 #45B975 #454FB9 #B94589

split-complementary

#B9AF45 #4589B9 #7545B9

monochromatic

#605B24 #8C8534 #B9AF45 #CAC271 #DBD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B9AF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#B9AF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF45

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF45	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)

#BEA938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c67d',
    500: '#b9af45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af45;
$custom-light: #d1c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74206,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF45

secondary

#9397C7

accent

#5ED552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF45

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

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