#B9B46E#B9B46E

#B9B46E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.091 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B46E
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 35%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 40.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -8.53, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 37.29, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0234 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.091 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1440, 44.0836, 21.1958)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B46E #6E73B9

analogous

#B98E6E #B9B46E #98B96E

triadic

#B9B46E #6EB9B4 #B46EB9

tetradic

#B9B46E #6EB98E #6E73B9 #B96E98

square

#B9B46E #6EB98E #6E73B9 #B96E98

split-complementary

#B9B46E #6E98B9 #8E6EB9

monochromatic

#747038 #9E984C #B9B46E #CDC997 #E1DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B46E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#B9B46E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B46E

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B46E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B46E	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b46e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.091 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca98',
    500: '#b9b46e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b46e;
$custom-light: #cfca98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b46e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75809,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B46E

secondary

#B2B4D0

accent

#64CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B46E

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

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