#B9BB42#B9BB42

#B9BB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.141 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB42
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -15.88, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 60.79, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0488 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.141 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7625, 46.2493, 12.0383)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB42 #4442BB

analogous

#BB8142 #B9BB42 #7CBB42

triadic

#B9BB42 #42B9BB #BB42B9

tetradic

#B9BB42 #42BB81 #4442BB #BB427C

square

#B9BB42 #42BB81 #4442BB #BB427C

split-complementary

#B9BB42 #427CBB #8142BB

monochromatic

#5F6122 #8C8E32 #B9BB42 #CACC6E #DBDC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B9BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB42

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB42	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)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.141 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf7d',
    500: '#b9bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb42;
$custom-light: #d1cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.992,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76787,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB42

secondary

#9291C8

accent

#50D753

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB42

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

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