#B9BB3D#B9BB3D

#B9BB3D 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	#B9BB3D
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 61)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -16.17, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 62.75, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0501 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.145 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6215, 46.1929, 11.2956)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB3D #3F3DBB

analogous

#BB7E3D #B9BB3D #7ABB3D

triadic

#B9BB3D #3DB9BB #BB3DB9

tetradic

#B9BB3D #3DBB7E #3F3DBB #BB3D7A

square

#B9BB3D #3DBB7E #3F3DBB #BB3D7A

split-complementary

#B9BB3D #3D7ABB #7E3DBB

monochromatic

#5E5F1F #8B8D2E #B9BB3D #CCCE68 #DCDD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#B9BB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB3D

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB3D	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.145 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf7a',
    500: '#b9bb3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb3d;
$custom-light: #d1cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.952,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76746,
    "c": 0.14481,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB3D

secondary

#8D8CC8

accent

#4EDA50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB3D

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

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