#B9BA36#B9BA36

#B9BA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.148 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA36
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -16.03, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 64.94, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0505 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.148 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2337, 45.6995, 10.2962)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA36 #3736BA

analogous

#BA7936 #B9BA36 #77BA36

triadic

#B9BA36 #36B9BA #BA36B9

tetradic

#B9BA36 #36BA79 #3736BA #BA3677

square

#B9BA36 #36BA79 #3736BA #BA3677

split-complementary

#B9BA36 #3677BA #7936BA

monochromatic

#5B5B1A #8A8B28 #B9BA36 #CFD05D #DDDE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#B9BA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA36

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA36	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)

#C9B21E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.148 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce76',
    500: '#b9ba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba36;
$custom-light: #d1ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76475,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA36

secondary

#8484C8

accent

#49DE4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA36

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

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