#B9BB4B#B9BB4B

#B9BB4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.134 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB4B
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 75)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -15.29, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 57.04, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0462 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.134 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0490, 46.3639, 13.5474)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB4B #4D4BBB

analogous

#BB854B #B9BB4B #81BB4B

triadic

#B9BB4B #4BB9BB #BB4BB9

tetradic

#B9BB4B #4BBB85 #4D4BBB #BB4B81

square

#B9BB4B #4BBB85 #4D4BBB #BB4B81

split-complementary

#B9BB4B #4B81BB #854BBB

monochromatic

#646526 #909237 #B9BB4B #CACC77 #DCDDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#B9BB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB4B

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB4B	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C9B33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.134 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf82',
    500: '#b9bb4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb4b;
$custom-light: #d1cf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76869,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB4B

secondary

#9998CA

accent

#53D555

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB4B

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

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