#B9BB32#B9BB32

#B9BB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.152 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB32
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 50)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -16.73, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 66.71, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0528 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.152 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3550, 46.0863, 9.8921)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB32 #3432BB

analogous

#BB7932 #B9BB32 #75BB32

triadic

#B9BB32 #32B9BB #BB32B9

tetradic

#B9BB32 #32BB79 #3432BB #BB3275

square

#B9BB32 #32BB79 #3432BB #BB3275

split-complementary

#B9BB32 #3275BB #7932BB

monochromatic

#595A18 #898B25 #B9BB32 #D1D258 #DEDF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B9BB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#B9BB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB32

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB32	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)

#CAB316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.152 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf74',
    500: '#b9bb32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb32;
$custom-light: #d2cf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.876,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76669,
    "c": 0.15176,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB32

secondary

#8180C9

accent

#47E149

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB32

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

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