#B9BB40#B9BB40

#B9BB40 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 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB40
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -16.00, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 61.58, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0494 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.143 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7045, 46.2261, 11.7332)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB40 #4240BB

analogous

#BB8040 #B9BB40 #7BBB40

triadic

#B9BB40 #40B9BB #BB40B9

tetradic

#B9BB40 #40BB80 #4240BB #BB407B

square

#B9BB40 #40BB80 #4240BB #BB407B

split-complementary

#B9BB40 #407BBB #8040BB

monochromatic

#5F6021 #8C8D30 #B9BB40 #CBCD6C #DBDC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B9BB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB40

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB40	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.143 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf7b',
    500: '#b9bb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb40;
$custom-light: #d1cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.976,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7677,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB40

secondary

#908FC8

accent

#4FD951

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB40

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

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