#B2BD59#B2BD59

#B2BD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.125 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BD59
RGB	rgb(178, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -18.09, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 51.84, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0522 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.125 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3615, 46.5820, 16.4196)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BD59 #6459BD

analogous

#BD9659 #B2BD59 #80BD59

triadic

#B2BD59 #59B2BD #BD59B2

tetradic

#B2BD59 #59BD96 #6459BD #BD5980

square

#B2BD59 #59BD96 #6459BD #BD5980

split-complementary

#B2BD59 #5980BD #9659BD

monochromatic

#686F2C #919B3E #B2BD59 #C6CE85 #DBE0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B2BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B2BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BD59

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BD59	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.125 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd08b',
    500: '#b2bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bd59;
$custom-light: #cbd08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76891,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BD59

secondary

#A8A4CE

accent

#55D363

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BD59

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

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