#B9BA2B#B9BA2B

#B9BA2B 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	#B9BA2B
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 76.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -16.52, 66.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 68.57, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0528 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.155 110)
XYZ	xyz(38.0039, 45.6076, 9.0863)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA2B #2C2BBA

analogous

#BA742B #B9BA2B #71BA2B

triadic

#B9BA2B #2BB9BA #BA2BB9

tetradic

#B9BA2B #2BBA74 #2C2BBA #BA2B71

square

#B9BA2B #2BBA74 #2C2BBA #BA2B71

split-complementary

#B9BA2B #2B71BA #742BBA

monochromatic

#565714 #888820 #B9BA2B #D5D64C #E1E17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#B9BA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA2B

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA2B	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	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: #b9ba2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.155 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce71',
    500: '#b9ba2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba2b;
$custom-light: #d2ce71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.42,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76408,
    "c": 0.15451,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.45607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA2B

secondary

#7877CA

accent

#42E643

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA2B

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

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