#B9B461#B9B461

#B9B461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.106 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B461
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 47.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -9.87, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 43.81, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0284 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.106 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4874, 43.8209, 17.7378)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B461 #6166B9

analogous

#B98861 #B9B461 #92B961

triadic

#B9B461 #61B9B4 #B461B9

tetradic

#B9B461 #61B988 #6166B9 #B96192

square

#B9B461 #61B988 #6166B9 #B96192

split-complementary

#B9B461 #6192B9 #8861B9

monochromatic

#6F6B31 #999444 #B9B461 #CCC88B #DFDCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B9B461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#B9B461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B461

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B461	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.106 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca90',
    500: '#b9b461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b461;
$custom-light: #d0ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.591,
    "s": 38.596,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75613,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B461

secondary

#A9ABCD

accent

#60CF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B461

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

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