#B9BB30#B9BB30

#B9BB30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.153 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB30
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 48)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -16.82, 65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 67.37, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0532 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.153 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3128, 46.0694, 9.6698)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB30 #3230BB

analogous

#BB7730 #B9BB30 #73BB30

triadic

#B9BB30 #30B9BB #BB30B9

tetradic

#B9BB30 #30BB77 #3230BB #BB3073

square

#B9BB30 #30BB77 #3230BB #BB3073

split-complementary

#B9BB30 #3073BB #7730BB

monochromatic

#595A17 #898A23 #B9BB30 #D2D355 #DFE086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B9BB30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#B9BB30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB30

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB30	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)

#CAB310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.153 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf73',
    500: '#b9bb30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb30;
$custom-light: #d2cf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.863,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76656,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB30

secondary

#7F7DC9

accent

#45E248

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB30

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

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