#B9BA35#B9BA35

#B9BA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.149 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA35
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -16.08, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 65.30, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0507 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.149 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2104, 45.6902, 10.1738)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA35 #3635BA

analogous

#BA7935 #B9BA35 #77BA35

triadic

#B9BA35 #35B9BA #BA35B9

tetradic

#B9BA35 #35BA79 #3635BA #BA3577

square

#B9BA35 #35BA79 #3635BA #BA3577

split-complementary

#B9BA35 #3577BA #7935BA

monochromatic

#5A5B1A #8A8A27 #B9BA35 #D0D05C #DDDE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#B9BA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA35

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA35	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)

#C9B21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.149 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce75',
    500: '#b9ba35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba35;
$custom-light: #d2ce75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.451,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76468,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA35

secondary

#8382C8

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA35

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

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