#B9BA34#B9BA34

#B9BA34 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 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA34
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -16.13, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 65.65, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0509 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.15 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1877, 45.6811, 10.0539)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA34 #3534BA

analogous

#BA7834 #B9BA34 #76BA34

triadic

#B9BA34 #34B9BA #BA34B9

tetradic

#B9BA34 #34BA78 #3534BA #BA3476

square

#B9BA34 #34BA78 #3534BA #BA3476

split-complementary

#B9BA34 #3476BA #7834BA

monochromatic

#5A5A19 #898A27 #B9BA34 #D0D15A #DEDE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#B9BA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA34

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA34	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.150 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce75',
    500: '#b9ba34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba34;
$custom-light: #d2ce75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.448,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76462,
    "c": 0.14958,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA34

secondary

#8281C8

accent

#48E049

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA34

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

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