#B9BB3A#B9BB3A

#B9BB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.147 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB3A
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 58)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -16.34, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 63.88, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0509 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.147 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5429, 46.1615, 10.8819)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB3A #3C3ABB

analogous

#BB7C3A #B9BB3A #78BB3A

triadic

#B9BB3A #3AB9BB #BB3AB9

tetradic

#B9BB3A #3ABB7C #3C3ABB #BB3A78

square

#B9BB3A #3ABB7C #3C3ABB #BB3A78

split-complementary

#B9BB3A #3A78BB #7C3ABB

monochromatic

#5D5E1D #8B8C2C #B9BB3A #CDCF63 #DCDD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#B9BB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB3A

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB3A	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.147 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf78',
    500: '#b9bb3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb3a;
$custom-light: #d1cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.93,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76723,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB3A

secondary

#8988C8

accent

#4CDC4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB3A

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

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