#B9BB31#B9BB31

#B9BB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.152 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB31
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -16.77, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 67.04, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.053 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.152 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3336, 46.0778, 9.7797)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB31 #3331BB

analogous

#BB7831 #B9BB31 #74BB31

triadic

#B9BB31 #31B9BB #BB31B9

tetradic

#B9BB31 #31BB78 #3331BB #BB3174

square

#B9BB31 #31BB78 #3331BB #BB3174

split-complementary

#B9BB31 #3174BB #7831BB

monochromatic

#595A18 #898B24 #B9BB31 #D1D356 #DEE087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B9BB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#B9BB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB31

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB31	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.152 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf74',
    500: '#b9bb31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb31;
$custom-light: #d2cf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76662,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB31

secondary

#807FC9

accent

#46E248

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB31

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

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