#B9AF4E#B9AF4E

#B9AF4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AF4E
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -8.89, 50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 50.79, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0277 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.119 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7139, 41.5256, 13.2876)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AF4E #4E58B9

analogous

#B97A4E #B9AF4E #8EB94E

triadic

#B9AF4E #4EB9AF #AF4EB9

tetradic

#B9AF4E #4EB97A #4E58B9 #B94E8E

square

#B9AF4E #4EB97A #4E58B9 #B94E8E

split-complementary

#B9AF4E #4E8EB9 #7A4EB9

monochromatic

#655F28 #918839 #B9AF4E #CAC37A #DCD7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B9AF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#B9AF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AF4E

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AF4E	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9af4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c683',
    500: '#b9af4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9af4e;
$custom-light: #d0c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9af4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74299,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AF4E

secondary

#9A9EC9

accent

#61D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AF4E

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

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