#B9BB36#B9BB36

#B9BB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.149 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB36
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -16.54, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 65.33, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0519 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.149 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4451, 46.1223, 10.3666)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB36 #3836BB

analogous

#BB7A36 #B9BB36 #77BB36

triadic

#B9BB36 #36B9BB #BB36B9

tetradic

#B9BB36 #36BB7A #3836BB #BB3677

square

#B9BB36 #36BB7A #3836BB #BB3677

split-complementary

#B9BB36 #3677BB #7A36BB

monochromatic

#5B5C1B #8A8C28 #B9BB36 #CFD05E #DDDE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#B9BB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB36

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB36	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)

#CAB31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.149 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf76',
    500: '#b9bb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb36;
$custom-light: #d1cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.902,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76695,
    "c": 0.14938,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB36

secondary

#8584C9

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB36

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

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