#B9BB49#B9BB49

#B9BB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.136 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB49
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -15.43, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 57.89, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0468 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.136 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9816, 46.3370, 13.1925)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB49 #4B49BB

analogous

#BB8449 #B9BB49 #80BB49

triadic

#B9BB49 #49B9BB #BB49B9

tetradic

#B9BB49 #49BB84 #4B49BB #BB4980

square

#B9BB49 #49BB84 #4B49BB #BB4980

split-complementary

#B9BB49 #4980BB #8449BB

monochromatic

#636425 #8F9136 #B9BB49 #CACC76 #DBDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9BB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#B9BB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB49

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB49	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.136 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf81',
    500: '#b9bb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb49;
$custom-light: #d1cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7685,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB49

secondary

#9897C9

accent

#53D555

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB49

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

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