#B9BB78#B9BB78

#B9BB78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.088 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB78
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 120)
HSL	hsl(62, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -11.02, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 35.50, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0298 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.088 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1684, 47.2117, 24.7097)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB78 #7A78BB

analogous

#BB9B78 #B9BB78 #97BB78

triadic

#B9BB78 #78B9BB #BB78B9

tetradic

#B9BB78 #78BB9B #7A78BB #BB7897

square

#B9BB78 #78BB9B #7A78BB #BB7897

split-complementary

#B9BB78 #7897BB #9B78BB

monochromatic

#797B3E #A1A352 #B9BB78 #CED0A1 #E3E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#B9BB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB78

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB78	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.088 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfa0',
    500: '#b9bb78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb78;
$custom-light: #cfcfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77479,
    "c": 0.08817,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB78

secondary

#BBBBD4

accent

#3AAC3D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB78

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

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