#B9BA27#B9BA27

#B9BA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.156 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA27
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 79%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -16.66, 67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 69.73, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0535 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.156 110)
XYZ	xyz(37.9341, 45.5797, 8.7186)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA27 #2827BA

analogous

#BA7227 #B9BA27 #70BA27

triadic

#B9BA27 #27B9BA #BA27B9

tetradic

#B9BA27 #27BA72 #2827BA #BA2770

square

#B9BA27 #27BA72 #2827BA #BA2770

split-complementary

#B9BA27 #2770BA #7227BA

monochromatic

#545512 #87871C #B9BA27 #D7D846 #E2E379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B9BA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#B9BA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA27

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA27	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	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)

#C9B200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.156 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce6f',
    500: '#b9ba27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba27;
$custom-light: #d2ce6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.408,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76388,
    "c": 0.15642,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.45579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA27

secondary

#7372CB

accent

#40E841

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA27

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

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