#B9BB50#B9BB50

#B9BB50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.130 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB50
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -14.92, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 54.85, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0446 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.13 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2269, 46.4351, 14.4844)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB50 #5250BB

analogous

#BB8750 #B9BB50 #84BB50

triadic

#B9BB50 #50B9BB #BB50B9

tetradic

#B9BB50 #50BB87 #5250BB #BB5084

square

#B9BB50 #50BB87 #5250BB #BB5084

split-complementary

#B9BB50 #5084BB #8750BB

monochromatic

#676828 #93943A #B9BB50 #CBCC7C #DCDDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B9BB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB50

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB50	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.130 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cf85',
    500: '#b9bb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb50;
$custom-light: #d0cf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.121,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76921,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB50

secondary

#9D9CCB

accent

#54D456

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB50

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

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