#B9BA3C#B9BA3C

#B9BA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.144 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA3C
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 60)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 67.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -15.72, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 62.73, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.049 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.144 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3834, 45.7594, 11.0846)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA3C #3D3CBA

analogous

#BA7C3C #B9BA3C #7ABA3C

triadic

#B9BA3C #3CB9BA #BA3CB9

tetradic

#B9BA3C #3CBA7C #3D3CBA #BA3C7A

square

#B9BA3C #3CBA7C #3D3CBA #BA3C7A

split-complementary

#B9BA3C #3C7ABA #7C3CBA

monochromatic

#5D5D1E #8B8C2D #B9BA3C #CDCE66 #DCDC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#B9BA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA3C

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA3C	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)

#C9B229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.144 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce79',
    500: '#b9ba3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba3c;
$custom-light: #d1ce79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.476,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76519,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA3C

secondary

#8B8AC8

accent

#4DDB4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA3C

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

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