#B9BB44#B9BB44

#B9BB44 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	#B9BB44
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 68)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -15.75, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 59.98, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0483 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.14 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8225, 46.2733, 12.3543)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB44 #4644BB

analogous

#BB8144 #B9BB44 #7EBB44

triadic

#B9BB44 #44B9BB #BB44B9

tetradic

#B9BB44 #44BB81 #4644BB #BB447E

square

#B9BB44 #44BB81 #4644BB #BB447E

split-complementary

#B9BB44 #447EBB #8144BB

monochromatic

#606123 #8D8E34 #B9BB44 #CACB71 #DBDC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B9BB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB44

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB44	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)

#C9B335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.140 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf7e',
    500: '#b9bb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb44;
$custom-light: #d1cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.008,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76804,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB44

secondary

#9493C8

accent

#51D654

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB44

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

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