#B9BB3C#B9BB3C

#B9BB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.145 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9BB3C
RGBrgb(185, 187, 60)
HSLhsl(61, 51%, 48%)
HSVhsv(61, 68%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(1.1%, 0%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(73.66, -16.23, 61.01)
CIE-LCHlch(73.66, 63.13, 104.89°)
OKLaboklab(76.74% -0.0504 0.1365)
OKLCHoklch(76.74% 0.146 110.3)
XYZxyz(38.5948, 46.1822, 11.1551)
Luminance0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9BB3C #3E3CBB
analogous
#BB7D3C #B9BB3C #79BB3C
triadic
#B9BB3C #3CB9BB #BB3CB9
tetradic
#B9BB3C #3CBB7D #3E3CBB #BB3C79
square
#B9BB3C #3CBB7D #3E3CBB #BB3C79
split-complementary
#B9BB3C #3C79BB #7D3CBB
monochromatic
#5D5E1E #8B8D2D #B9BB3C #CCCE66 #DCDD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05
#B9BB3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24
#B9BB3C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB3C
10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9BB3C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9BB3C1.002.0510.2410.24
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2421.001.001.00
##00000010.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB329
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB745
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6AFA2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9bb3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.145 110.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf79',
    500: '#b9bb3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9bb3c;
$custom-light: #d1cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9bb3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.945,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76738,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9BB3C
secondary
#8C8BC8
accent
#4DDB4F
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9EE
border
#D3D2C9
text
#14130A
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB3C

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#B9BB3C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva