#B9BA22#B9BA22

#B9BA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.159 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA22
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 81.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -16.83, 69.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 71.07, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0543 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.159 110)
XYZ	xyz(37.8567, 45.5487, 8.3107)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA22 #2322BA

analogous

#BA6F22 #B9BA22 #6DBA22

triadic

#B9BA22 #22B9BA #BA22B9

tetradic

#B9BA22 #22BA6F #2322BA #BA226D

square

#B9BA22 #22BA6F #2322BA #BA226D

split-complementary

#B9BA22 #226DBA #6F22BA

monochromatic

#52530F #868619 #B9BA22 #DBDC3E #E4E571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B9BA22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#B9BA22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA22

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA22	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.159 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce6d',
    500: '#b9ba22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba22;
$custom-light: #d2ce6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.395,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76365,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.45548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA22

secondary

#6D6CCC

accent

#3CEC3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA22

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

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