#B9BB26#B9BB26

#B9BB26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.158 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB26
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 38)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 79.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -17.20, 68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 70.37, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0551 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.158 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1292, 45.9960, 8.7029)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB26 #2826BB

analogous

#BB7226 #B9BB26 #6FBB26

triadic

#B9BB26 #26B9BB #BB26B9

tetradic

#B9BB26 #26BB72 #2826BB #BB266F

square

#B9BB26 #26BB72 #2826BB #BB266F

split-complementary

#B9BB26 #266FBB #7226BB

monochromatic

#545511 #87881C #B9BB26 #D7D945 #E2E478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B9BB26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#B9BB26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB26

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB26	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)

#CCB734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.158 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf6f',
    500: '#b9bb26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb26;
$custom-light: #d2cf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.805,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76603,
    "c": 0.15783,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB26

secondary

#7372CB

accent

#3FE941

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB26

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

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