#B9BB69#B9BB69

#B9BB69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.105 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB69
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 105)
HSL	hsl(61, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -12.69, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 43.05, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0357 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.105 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3284, 46.8757, 20.2853)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB69 #6B69BB

analogous

#BB9469 #B9BB69 #90BB69

triadic

#B9BB69 #69B9BB #BB69B9

tetradic

#B9BB69 #69BB94 #6B69BB #BB6990

square

#B9BB69 #69BB94 #6B69BB #BB6990

split-complementary

#B9BB69 #6990BB #9469BB

monochromatic

#737535 #9D9F48 #B9BB69 #CDCE93 #E0E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BB69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#B9BB69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB69

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB69	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B86D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.105 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcf95',
    500: '#b9bb69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb69;
$custom-light: #cfcf95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.463,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77238,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB69

secondary

#B0AFD1

accent

#5ACE5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB69

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

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