#B9BA37#B9BA37

#B9BA37 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	#B9BA37
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -15.98, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 64.59, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0502 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.148 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2574, 45.7090, 10.4211)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA37 #3837BA

analogous

#BA7A37 #B9BA37 #78BA37

triadic

#B9BA37 #37B9BA #BA37B9

tetradic

#B9BA37 #37BA7A #3837BA #BA3778

square

#B9BA37 #37BA7A #3837BA #BA3778

split-complementary

#B9BA37 #3778BA #7A37BA

monochromatic

#5B5C1B #8A8B29 #B9BA37 #CFD05F #DDDE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#B9BA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA37

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA37	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)

#C9B220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.148 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce77',
    500: '#b9ba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba37;
$custom-light: #d1ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76482,
    "c": 0.14775,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA37

secondary

#8585C8

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA37

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

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