#B9BA41#B9BA41

#B9BA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.141 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BA41
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -15.43, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 60.78, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0477 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.141 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5219, 45.8148, 11.8139)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BA41 #4241BA

analogous

#BA7F41 #B9BA41 #7DBA41

triadic

#B9BA41 #41B9BA #BA41B9

tetradic

#B9BA41 #41BA7F #4241BA #BA417D

square

#B9BA41 #41BA7F #4241BA #BA417D

split-complementary

#B9BA41 #417DBA #7F41BA

monochromatic

#5F5F21 #8C8D31 #B9BA41 #CBCC6C #DBDC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9BA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#B9BA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BA41

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BA41	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)

#C8B230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ba41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.141 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce7c',
    500: '#b9ba41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ba41;
$custom-light: #d1ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ba41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.496,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76559,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BA41

secondary

#908FC8

accent

#50D851

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BA41

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →