#B9B774#B9B774

#B9B774 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.088 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B774
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 116)
HSL	hsl(58, 33%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 37.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -9.42, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 35.61, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0255 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.088 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0940, 45.4431, 23.1789)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B774 #7476B9

analogous

#B99574 #B9B774 #99B974

triadic

#B9B774 #74B9B7 #B774B9

tetradic

#B9B774 #74B995 #7476B9 #B97499

square

#B9B774 #74B995 #7476B9 #B97499

split-complementary

#B9B774 #7499B9 #9574B9

monochromatic

#77753C #9F9D50 #B9B774 #CDCC9D #E2E1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B9B774 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#B9B774 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B774

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B774	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B774	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b774;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.088 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcc9d',
    500: '#b9b774',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b774;
$custom-light: #cfcc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b774",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 33.014,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76551,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B774

secondary

#B7B8D2

accent

#62C95F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B774

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

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