#B9BA2E#B9BA2E

#B9BA2E 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 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA2E
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 75.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -16.40, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 67.64, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0522 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.153 110)
XYZ	xyz(38.0610, 45.6305, 9.3869)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA2E #2F2EBA

analogous

#BA752E #B9BA2E #73BA2E

triadic

#B9BA2E #2EB9BA #BA2EB9

tetradic

#B9BA2E #2EBA75 #2F2EBA #BA2E73

square

#B9BA2E #2EBA75 #2F2EBA #BA2E73

split-complementary

#B9BA2E #2E73BA #752EBA

monochromatic

#575816 #888922 #B9BA2E #D3D451 #DFE082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#B9BA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA2E

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA2E	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B20B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.153 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce72',
    500: '#b9ba2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba2e;
$custom-light: #d2ce72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.429,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76425,
    "c": 0.15297,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.45629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA2E

secondary

#7B7BC9

accent

#44E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA2E

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

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