#B9BB22#B9BB22

#B9BB22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.160 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB22
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -17.33, 69.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 71.41, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0557 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.16 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0681, 45.9716, 8.3812)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB22 #2422BB

analogous

#BB7022 #B9BB22 #6CBB22

triadic

#B9BB22 #22B9BB #BB22B9

tetradic

#B9BB22 #22BB70 #2422BB #BB226C

square

#B9BB22 #22BB70 #2422BB #BB226C

split-complementary

#B9BB22 #226CBB #7022BB

monochromatic

#53530F #868719 #B9BB22 #DADC3E #E4E572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B9BB22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#B9BB22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB22

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB22	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.160 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf6d',
    500: '#b9bb22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb22;
$custom-light: #d2cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.784,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76585,
    "c": 0.15951,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB22

secondary

#6E6DCC

accent

#3CEC3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB22

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

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