#B9BC25#B9BC25

#B9BC25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.159 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC25
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 37)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -17.74, 68.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 70.99, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0566 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.159 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3262, 46.4154, 8.6901)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC25 #2825BC

analogous

#BC7425 #B9BC25 #6EBC25

triadic

#B9BC25 #25B9BC #BC25B9

tetradic

#B9BC25 #25BC74 #2825BC #BC256E

square

#B9BC25 #25BC74 #2825BC #BC256E

split-complementary

#B9BC25 #256EBC #7425BC

monochromatic

#545611 #87891B #B9BC25 #D7DA44 #E2E477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BC25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B9BC25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC25

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC25	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)

#CCB734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.159 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf6f',
    500: '#b9bc25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc25;
$custom-light: #d2cf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.192,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76819,
    "c": 0.15924,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC25

secondary

#7371CC

accent

#3EEA41

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC25

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

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