#B9BB43#B9BB43

#B9BB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.140 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB43
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 67)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -15.82, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 60.38, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0485 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.14 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7922, 46.2612, 12.1949)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB43 #4543BB

analogous

#BB8143 #B9BB43 #7DBB43

triadic

#B9BB43 #43B9BB #BB43B9

tetradic

#B9BB43 #43BB81 #4543BB #BB437D

square

#B9BB43 #43BB81 #4543BB #BB437D

split-complementary

#B9BB43 #437DBB #8143BB

monochromatic

#606123 #8C8E33 #B9BB43 #CACC70 #DBDC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B9BB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB43

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB43	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)

#C9B333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.140 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf7d',
    500: '#b9bb43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb43;
$custom-light: #d1cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76795,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB43

secondary

#9392C8

accent

#51D753

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB43

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

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