#B9BA33#B9BA33

#B9BA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.150 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA33
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -16.18, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 65.99, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0511 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.15 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1654, 45.6722, 9.9365)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA33 #3433BA

analogous

#BA7833 #B9BA33 #76BA33

triadic

#B9BA33 #33B9BA #BA33B9

tetradic

#B9BA33 #33BA78 #3433BA #BA3376

square

#B9BA33 #33BA78 #3433BA #BA3376

split-complementary

#B9BA33 #3376BA #7833BA

monochromatic

#595A19 #898A26 #B9BA33 #D1D159 #DEDF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#B9BA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA33

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA33	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)

#C9B218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.150 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce74',
    500: '#b9ba33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba33;
$custom-light: #d2ce74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76455,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA33

secondary

#8180C9

accent

#48E049

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA33

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

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