#B9BB2A#B9BB2A

#B9BB2A 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	#B9BB2A
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 77.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -17.06, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 69.23, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0544 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.156 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1972, 46.0232, 9.0613)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB2A #2C2ABB

analogous

#BB752A #B9BB2A #70BB2A

triadic

#B9BB2A #2AB9BB #BB2AB9

tetradic

#B9BB2A #2ABB75 #2C2ABB #BB2A70

square

#B9BB2A #2ABB75 #2C2ABB #BB2A70

split-complementary

#B9BB2A #2A70BB #752ABB

monochromatic

#565714 #88891F #B9BB2A #D5D74C #E1E27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B9BB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#B9BB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB2A

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB2A	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)

#CCB737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.156 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf70',
    500: '#b9bb2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb2a;
$custom-light: #d2cf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.828,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76623,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB2A

secondary

#7876CA

accent

#41E644

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB2A

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

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