#B9BB2E#B9BB2E

#B9BB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.154 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB2E
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -16.90, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 68.01, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0536 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.154 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2724, 46.0533, 9.4573)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB2E #302EBB

analogous

#BB762E #B9BB2E #72BB2E

triadic

#B9BB2E #2EB9BB #BB2EB9

tetradic

#B9BB2E #2EBB76 #302EBB #BB2E72

square

#B9BB2E #2EBB76 #302EBB #BB2E72

split-complementary

#B9BB2E #2E72BB #762EBB

monochromatic

#585916 #888A22 #B9BB2E #D3D452 #DFE083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B9BB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#B9BB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB2E

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB2E	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)

#CAB30A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.154 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf72',
    500: '#b9bb2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb2e;
$custom-light: #d2cf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.851,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76645,
    "c": 0.15396,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB2E

secondary

#7C7BCA

accent

#44E446

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB2E

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

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