#B9BB4E#B9BB4E

#B9BB4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.132 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB4E
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -15.07, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 55.73, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0452 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.132 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1541, 46.4060, 14.1010)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB4E #504EBB

analogous

#BB874E #B9BB4E #83BB4E

triadic

#B9BB4E #4EB9BB #BB4EB9

tetradic

#B9BB4E #4EBB87 #504EBB #BB4E83

square

#B9BB4E #4EBB87 #504EBB #BB4E83

split-complementary

#B9BB4E #4E83BB #874EBB

monochromatic

#666728 #929339 #B9BB4E #CACC7A #DCDDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B9BB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB4E

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB4E	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.132 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cf84',
    500: '#b9bb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb4e;
$custom-light: #d0cf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.101,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.769,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB4E

secondary

#9B9BCA

accent

#54D456

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB4E

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

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