#B9BB5D#B9BB5D

#B9BB5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB5D
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 93)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -13.84, 46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 48.86, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0402 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.118 110)
XYZ	xyz(39.7546, 46.6461, 17.2632)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB5D #5F5DBB

analogous

#BB8E5D #B9BB5D #8ABB5D

triadic

#B9BB5D #5DB9BB #BB5DB9

tetradic

#B9BB5D #5DBB8E #5F5DBB #BB5D8A

square

#B9BB5D #5DBB8E #5F5DBB #BB5D8A

split-complementary

#B9BB5D #5D8ABB #8E5DBB

monochromatic

#6E6F2F #989A41 #B9BB5D #CCCD88 #DEDFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#B9BB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB5D

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB5D	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cf8d',
    500: '#b9bb5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb5d;
$custom-light: #d0cf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77073,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.46645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB5D

secondary

#A7A6CE

accent

#57D15A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB5D

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

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