#B9BB45#B9BB45

#B9BB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.139 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB45
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -15.69, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 59.57, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.048 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.139 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8533, 46.2856, 12.5164)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB45 #4745BB

analogous

#BB8245 #B9BB45 #7EBB45

triadic

#B9BB45 #45B9BB #BB45B9

tetradic

#B9BB45 #45BB82 #4745BB #BB457E

square

#B9BB45 #45BB82 #4745BB #BB457E

split-complementary

#B9BB45 #457EBB #8245BB

monochromatic

#616224 #8D8F34 #B9BB45 #CACB72 #DBDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#B9BB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB45

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB45	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.139 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf7e',
    500: '#b9bb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb45;
$custom-light: #d1cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76813,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB45

secondary

#9494C8

accent

#52D654

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB45

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

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