#B9BB52#B9BB52

#B9BB52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.128 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB52
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -14.77, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 53.95, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.044 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.128 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3019, 46.4651, 14.8793)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB52 #5452BB

analogous

#BB8852 #B9BB52 #84BB52

triadic

#B9BB52 #52B9BB #BB52B9

tetradic

#B9BB52 #52BB88 #5452BB #BB5284

square

#B9BB52 #52BB88 #5452BB #BB5284

split-complementary

#B9BB52 #5284BB #8852BB

monochromatic

#686929 #93953B #B9BB52 #CBCC7E #DDDEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B9BB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB52

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB52	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)

#C8B447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.128 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cf86',
    500: '#b9bb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb52;
$custom-light: #d0cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.143,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76942,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB52

secondary

#9F9ECB

accent

#54D357

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB52

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

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