#B9BB24#B9BB24

#B9BB24 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	#B9BB24
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 36)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -17.27, 68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 70.90, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0554 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.159 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0978, 45.9834, 8.5375)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB24 #2624BB

analogous

#BB7124 #B9BB24 #6DBB24

triadic

#B9BB24 #24B9BB #BB24B9

tetradic

#B9BB24 #24BB71 #2624BB #BB246D

square

#B9BB24 #24BB71 #2624BB #BB246D

split-complementary

#B9BB24 #246DBB #7124BB

monochromatic

#535410 #86881A #B9BB24 #D9DB42 #E3E475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B9BB24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#B9BB24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB24

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB24	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)

#CAB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.159 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf6e',
    500: '#b9bb24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb24;
$custom-light: #d2cf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.795,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76594,
    "c": 0.1587,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB24

secondary

#706FCC

accent

#3DEB40

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB24

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

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