#B9BC23#B9BC23

#B9BC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.160 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC23
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -17.80, 69.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 71.51, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.057 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.16 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2956, 46.4032, 8.5292)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC23 #2623BC

analogous

#BC7223 #B9BC23 #6CBC23

triadic

#B9BC23 #23B9BC #BC23B9

tetradic

#B9BC23 #23BC72 #2623BC #BC236C

square

#B9BC23 #23BC72 #2623BC #BC236C

split-complementary

#B9BC23 #236CBC #7223BC

monochromatic

#535510 #868819 #B9BC23 #D9DC41 #E3E574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B9BC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC23

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC23	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.160 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf6e',
    500: '#b9bc23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc23;
$custom-light: #d2cf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7681,
    "c": 0.16008,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC23

secondary

#706FCC

accent

#3CEB40

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC23

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →