#B9BB7D#B9BB7D

#B9BB7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.082 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BB7D
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 125)
HSL	hsl(62, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 33.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -10.41, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 32.93, 108.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0277 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.082 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4798, 47.3363, 26.3497)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BB7D #7F7DBB

analogous

#BB9E7D #B9BB7D #9ABB7D

triadic

#B9BB7D #7DB9BB #BB7DB9

tetradic

#B9BB7D #7DBB9E #7F7DBB #BB7D9A

square

#B9BB7D #7DBB9E #7F7DBB #BB7D9A

split-complementary

#B9BB7D #7D9ABB #9E7DBB

monochromatic

#7B7C41 #A2A556 #B9BB7D #CFD0A5 #E4E5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BB7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B9BB7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BB7D

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BB7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BB7D	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bb7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.082 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfa3',
    500: '#b9bb7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bb7d;
$custom-light: #cfcfa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bb7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 31.313,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77568,
    "c": 0.08218,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BB7D

secondary

#BFBED6

accent

#3BAA3F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BB7D

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

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