#B9BB41#B9BB41

#B9BB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.142 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB41
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 65)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -15.94, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 61.19, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0491 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.142 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7333, 46.2376, 11.8844)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB41 #4341BB

analogous

#BB8041 #B9BB41 #7CBB41

triadic

#B9BB41 #41B9BB #BB41B9

tetradic

#B9BB41 #41BB80 #4341BB #BB417C

square

#B9BB41 #41BB80 #4341BB #BB417C

split-complementary

#B9BB41 #417CBB #8041BB

monochromatic

#5F6021 #8C8E31 #B9BB41 #CBCC6D #DBDC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B9BB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB41

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB41	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)

#C9B330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.142 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf7c',
    500: '#b9bb41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb41;
$custom-light: #d1cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.984,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76778,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB41

secondary

#9190C8

accent

#50D852

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB41

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

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