#B9BB46#B9BB46

#B9BB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB46
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 70)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -15.63, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 59.15, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0477 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.138 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8846, 46.2981, 12.6813)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB46 #4846BB

analogous

#BB8346 #B9BB46 #7EBB46

triadic

#B9BB46 #46B9BB #BB46B9

tetradic

#B9BB46 #46BB83 #4846BB #BB467E

square

#B9BB46 #46BB83 #4846BB #BB467E

split-complementary

#B9BB46 #467EBB #8346BB

monochromatic

#616224 #8E8F35 #B9BB46 #CACB73 #DBDCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#B9BB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB46

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB46	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)

#C9B337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf7f',
    500: '#b9bb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb46;
$custom-light: #d1cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.026,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76822,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB46

secondary

#9594C8

accent

#52D654

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB46

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

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