#B9BA7D#B9BA7D

#B9BA7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.081 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA7D
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 125)
HSL	hsl(61, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 32.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -9.90, 30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 32.43, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0263 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.081 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2684, 46.9134, 26.2793)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA7D #7E7DBA

analogous

#BA9C7D #B9BA7D #9ABA7D

triadic

#B9BA7D #7DB9BA #BA7DB9

tetradic

#B9BA7D #7DBA9C #7E7DBA #BA7D9A

square

#B9BA7D #7DBA9C #7E7DBA #BA7D9A

split-complementary

#B9BA7D #7D9ABA #9C7DBA

monochromatic

#7A7B41 #A2A357 #B9BA7D #CFCFA5 #E4E4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BA7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#B9BA7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA7D

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA7D	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.081 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcea3',
    500: '#b9ba7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba7d;
$custom-light: #cfcea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.984,
    "s": 30.653,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77354,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA7D

secondary

#BEBED5

accent

#3CA93E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA7D

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

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