#B9BA3A#B9BA3A

#B9BA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.146 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA3A
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -15.83, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 63.49, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0495 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.146 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3315, 45.7387, 10.8114)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA3A #3B3ABA

analogous

#BA7B3A #B9BA3A #79BA3A

triadic

#B9BA3A #3AB9BA #BA3AB9

tetradic

#B9BA3A #3ABA7B #3B3ABA #BA3A79

square

#B9BA3A #3ABA7B #3B3ABA #BA3A79

split-complementary

#B9BA3A #3A79BA #7B3ABA

monochromatic

#5C5D1D #8B8B2B #B9BA3A #CDCE63 #DCDD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#B9BA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA3A

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA3A	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.146 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce78',
    500: '#b9ba3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba3a;
$custom-light: #d1ce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.469,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76504,
    "c": 0.14581,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA3A

secondary

#8888C8

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA3A

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

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