#B9BB47#B9BB47

#B9BB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.137 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB47
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 71)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -15.56, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 58.74, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0474 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.137 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9164, 46.3109, 12.8489)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB47 #4947BB

analogous

#BB8347 #B9BB47 #7FBB47

triadic

#B9BB47 #47B9BB #BB47B9

tetradic

#B9BB47 #47BB83 #4947BB #BB477F

square

#B9BB47 #47BB83 #4947BB #BB477F

split-complementary

#B9BB47 #477FBB #8347BB

monochromatic

#626325 #8E9035 #B9BB47 #CACC74 #DBDCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#B9BB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB47

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB47	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)

#C9B339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.137 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf80',
    500: '#b9bb47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb47;
$custom-light: #d1cf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.034,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76831,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB47

secondary

#9695C9

accent

#52D654

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB47

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

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