#B9BB2C#B9BB2C

#B9BB2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.155 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB2C
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 44)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -16.98, 66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 68.63, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.054 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.155 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2339, 46.0379, 9.2545)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB2C #2E2CBB

analogous

#BB752C #B9BB2C #72BB2C

triadic

#B9BB2C #2CB9BB #BB2CB9

tetradic

#B9BB2C #2CBB75 #2E2CBB #BB2C72

square

#B9BB2C #2CBB75 #2E2CBB #BB2C72

split-complementary

#B9BB2C #2C72BB #752CBB

monochromatic

#575815 #888920 #B9BB2C #D4D64F #E0E180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B9BB2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#B9BB2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB2C

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB2C	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB302

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.155 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf71',
    500: '#b9bb2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb2c;
$custom-light: #d2cf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.839,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76633,
    "c": 0.15499,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB2C

secondary

#7A79CA

accent

#43E545

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB2C

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

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