#B9BA2C#B9BA2C

#B9BA2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.154 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA2C
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 76.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -16.48, 66.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 68.26, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0526 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.154 110)
XYZ	xyz(38.0225, 45.6151, 9.1841)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA2C #2D2CBA

analogous

#BA742C #B9BA2C #72BA2C

triadic

#B9BA2C #2CB9BA #BA2CB9

tetradic

#B9BA2C #2CBA74 #2D2CBA #BA2C72

square

#B9BA2C #2CBA74 #2D2CBA #BA2C72

split-complementary

#B9BA2C #2C72BA #742CBA

monochromatic

#575715 #888920 #B9BA2C #D4D54E #E0E180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#B9BA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA2C

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA2C	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)

#C9B203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.154 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce71',
    500: '#b9ba2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba2c;
$custom-light: #d2ce71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76414,
    "c": 0.15401,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.45614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA2C

secondary

#7978CA

accent

#43E544

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA2C

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

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