#B9B68A#B9B68A

#B9B68A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.060 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B68A
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 138)
HSL	hsl(56, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 25.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -6.09, 22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 23.65, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0149 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.06 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3230, 45.6058, 30.6658)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B68A #8A8DB9

analogous

#B99E8A #B9B68A #A4B98A

triadic

#B9B68A #8AB9B6 #B68AB9

tetradic

#B9B68A #8AB99E #8A8DB9 #B98AA4

square

#B9B68A #8AB99E #8A8DB9 #B98AA4

split-complementary

#B9B68A #8AA4B9 #9E8AB9

monochromatic

#7E7A4B #A29E64 #B9B68A #D0CEB0 #E7E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9B68A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#B9B68A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B68A

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B68A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B68A	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b68a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.060 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbac',
    500: '#b9b68a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b68a;
$custom-light: #cecbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b68a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 25.134,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76759,
    "c": 0.05964,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B68A

secondary

#C7C8D8

accent

#48A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B68A

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

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