#B9BA40#B9BA40

#B9BA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.142 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA40
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -15.49, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 61.18, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0479 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.142 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4931, 45.8033, 11.6627)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA40 #4140BA

analogous

#BA7E40 #B9BA40 #7CBA40

triadic

#B9BA40 #40B9BA #BA40B9

tetradic

#B9BA40 #40BA7E #4140BA #BA407C

square

#B9BA40 #40BA7E #4140BA #BA407C

split-complementary

#B9BA40 #407CBA #7E40BA

monochromatic

#5E5F21 #8C8C30 #B9BA40 #CBCC6B #DBDC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#B9BA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA40

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA40	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.142 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce7b',
    500: '#b9ba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba40;
$custom-light: #d1ce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.492,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76551,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA40

secondary

#8F8EC8

accent

#4FD851

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA40

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

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