#B9BB3F#B9BB3F

#B9BB3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.143 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB3F
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 63)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -16.06, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 61.98, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0496 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.143 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6763, 46.2149, 11.5847)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB3F #413FBB

analogous

#BB7F3F #B9BB3F #7BBB3F

triadic

#B9BB3F #3FB9BB #BB3FB9

tetradic

#B9BB3F #3FBB7F #413FBB #BB3F7B

square

#B9BB3F #3FBB7F #413FBB #BB3F7B

split-complementary

#B9BB3F #3F7BBB #7F3FBB

monochromatic

#5E5F20 #8C8D30 #B9BB3F #CBCD6A #DBDC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#B9BB3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB3F

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB3F	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)

#C9B32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.143 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf7b',
    500: '#b9bb3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb3f;
$custom-light: #d1cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.968,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76762,
    "c": 0.14342,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB3F

secondary

#8F8EC8

accent

#4FD951

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB3F

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

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