#B9B46F#B9B46F

#B9B46F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.090 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B46F
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 111)
HSL	hsl(56, 35%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 40%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -8.42, 35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 36.78, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.023 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.09 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1987, 44.1055, 21.4842)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B46F #6F74B9

analogous

#B98F6F #B9B46F #99B96F

triadic

#B9B46F #6FB9B4 #B46FB9

tetradic

#B9B46F #6FB98F #6F74B9 #B96F99

square

#B9B46F #6FB98F #6F74B9 #B96F99

split-complementary

#B9B46F #6F99B9 #8F6FB9

monochromatic

#757139 #9E994D #B9B46F #CDC998 #E1DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B46F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#B9B46F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B46F

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B46F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B46F	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)

#BFAF6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b46f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.090 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca99',
    500: '#b9b46f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b46f;
$custom-light: #cfca99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b46f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 34.579,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75826,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B46F

secondary

#B3B5D1

accent

#65CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B46F

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

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