#B9BA2A#B9BA2A

#B9BA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.155 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA2A
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -16.55, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 68.87, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.053 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.155 110)
XYZ	xyz(37.9858, 45.6004, 8.9908)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA2A #2B2ABA

analogous

#BA732A #B9BA2A #71BA2A

triadic

#B9BA2A #2AB9BA #BA2AB9

tetradic

#B9BA2A #2ABA73 #2B2ABA #BA2A71

square

#B9BA2A #2ABA73 #2B2ABA #BA2A71

split-complementary

#B9BA2A #2A71BA #732ABA

monochromatic

#565613 #87881F #B9BA2A #D5D64B #E1E27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B9BA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#B9BA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA2A

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA2A	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)

#CBB637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.155 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce70',
    500: '#b9ba2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba2a;
$custom-light: #d2ce70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.417,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76403,
    "c": 0.155,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.45599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA2A

secondary

#7676CA

accent

#42E643

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA2A

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

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