#B9BB29#B9BB29

#B9BB29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.156 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB29
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 78.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -17.10, 67.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 69.52, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0546 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.156 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1796, 46.0161, 8.9682)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB29 #2B29BB

analogous

#BB7429 #B9BB29 #70BB29

triadic

#B9BB29 #29B9BB #BB29B9

tetradic

#B9BB29 #29BB74 #2B29BB #BB2970

square

#B9BB29 #29BB74 #2B29BB #BB2970

split-complementary

#B9BB29 #2970BB #7429BB

monochromatic

#565713 #87891E #B9BB29 #D5D74A #E1E27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B9BB29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#B9BB29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB29

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB29	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)

#CCB736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.156 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf70',
    500: '#b9bb29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb29;
$custom-light: #d2cf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 64.035,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76618,
    "c": 0.15646,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB29

secondary

#7675CB

accent

#41E743

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB29

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

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