#B9BB33#B9BB33

#B9BB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.151 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB33
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -16.68, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 66.37, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0525 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.151 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3768, 46.0950, 10.0070)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB33 #3533BB

analogous

#BB7933 #B9BB33 #75BB33

triadic

#B9BB33 #33B9BB #BB33B9

tetradic

#B9BB33 #33BB79 #3533BB #BB3375

square

#B9BB33 #33BB79 #3533BB #BB3375

split-complementary

#B9BB33 #3375BB #7933BB

monochromatic

#5A5B19 #898B26 #B9BB33 #D0D259 #DEDF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B9BB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#B9BB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB33

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB33	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)

#CAB318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.151 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf75',
    500: '#b9bb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb33;
$custom-light: #d2cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76675,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB33

secondary

#8281C9

accent

#47E04A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB33

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

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