#B9BA2D#B9BA2D

#B9BA2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.153 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA2D
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 75.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -16.44, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 67.95, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0524 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.153 110)
XYZ	xyz(38.0415, 45.6227, 9.2843)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA2D #2E2DBA

analogous

#BA752D #B9BA2D #72BA2D

triadic

#B9BA2D #2DB9BA #BA2DB9

tetradic

#B9BA2D #2DBA75 #2E2DBA #BA2D72

square

#B9BA2D #2DBA75 #2E2DBA #BA2D72

split-complementary

#B9BA2D #2D72BA #752DBA

monochromatic

#575715 #888921 #B9BA2D #D4D550 #E0E081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#B9BA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA2D

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA2D	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)

#C9B207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.153 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce72',
    500: '#b9ba2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba2d;
$custom-light: #d2ce72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76419,
    "c": 0.15349,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.45622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA2D

secondary

#7A79C9

accent

#44E445

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA2D

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

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