#B9BB23#B9BB23

#B9BB23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.159 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB23
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 81.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -17.30, 69.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 71.16, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0556 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.159 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0827, 45.9774, 8.4582)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB23 #2523BB

analogous

#BB7123 #B9BB23 #6DBB23

triadic

#B9BB23 #23B9BB #BB23B9

tetradic

#B9BB23 #23BB71 #2523BB #BB236D

square

#B9BB23 #23BB71 #2523BB #BB236D

split-complementary

#B9BB23 #236DBB #7123BB

monochromatic

#535410 #868719 #B9BB23 #D9DB40 #E3E574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B9BB23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#B9BB23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB23

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB23	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.159 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf6e',
    500: '#b9bb23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb23;
$custom-light: #d2cf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.789,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7659,
    "c": 0.15911,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB23

secondary

#6F6ECC

accent

#3CEB3F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB23

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

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