#B9BB53#B9BB53

#B9BB53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.127 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB53
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -14.69, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 53.50, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0436 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.127 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3402, 46.4804, 15.0812)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB53 #5553BB

analogous

#BB8953 #B9BB53 #85BB53

triadic

#B9BB53 #53B9BB #BB53B9

tetradic

#B9BB53 #53BB89 #5553BB #BB5385

square

#B9BB53 #53BB89 #5553BB #BB5385

split-complementary

#B9BB53 #5385BB #8953BB

monochromatic

#696A2A #94963B #B9BB53 #CBCC7F #DDDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#B9BB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB53

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB53	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.127 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cf87',
    500: '#b9bb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb53;
$custom-light: #d0cf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76954,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB53

secondary

#9F9ECB

accent

#55D357

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB53

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

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