#B9B080#B9B080

#B9B080 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.065 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B080
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 128)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 30.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -4.27, 25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 26.15, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.01 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.065 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4295, 42.9244, 26.6261)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B080 #8089B9

analogous

#B99480 #B9B080 #A6B980

triadic

#B9B080 #80B9B0 #B080B9

tetradic

#B9B080 #80B994 #8089B9 #B980A6

square

#B9B080 #80B994 #8089B9 #B980A6

split-complementary

#B9B080 #80A6B9 #9480B9

monochromatic

#7B7244 #A29759 #B9B080 #CFC9A7 #E4E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B9B080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B9B080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B080

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B080	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AD7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.065 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec7a5',
    500: '#b9b080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b080;
$custom-light: #cec7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 28.934,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75286,
    "c": 0.0654,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B080

secondary

#C0C3D5

accent

#4FA83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B080

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

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