#B9B471#B9B471

#B9B471 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.088 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B471
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 113)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 38.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -8.20, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 35.76, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0222 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.088 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3101, 44.1500, 22.0706)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B471 #7176B9

analogous

#B99071 #B9B471 #9AB971

triadic

#B9B471 #71B9B4 #B471B9

tetradic

#B9B471 #71B990 #7176B9 #B9719A

square

#B9B471 #71B990 #7176B9 #B9719A

split-complementary

#B9B471 #719AB9 #9071B9

monochromatic

#76713A #9F994E #B9B471 #CDCA9A #E1DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#B9B471 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B471

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B471	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.088 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca9b',
    500: '#b9b471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b471;
$custom-light: #cfca9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75859,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B471

secondary

#B5B7D1

accent

#65CA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B471

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

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