#B9BB35#B9BB35

#B9BB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.150 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB35
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -16.59, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 65.68, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0521 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.15 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4218, 46.1130, 10.2442)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB35 #3735BB

analogous

#BB7A35 #B9BB35 #76BB35

triadic

#B9BB35 #35B9BB #BB35B9

tetradic

#B9BB35 #35BB7A #3735BB #BB3576

square

#B9BB35 #35BB7A #3735BB #BB3576

split-complementary

#B9BB35 #3576BB #7A35BB

monochromatic

#5B5C1A #8A8B27 #B9BB35 #CFD15C #DDDE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#B9BB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB35

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB35	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#CAB31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.150 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf76',
    500: '#b9bb35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb35;
$custom-light: #d2cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76688,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB35

secondary

#8483C9

accent

#49DF4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB35

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

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