#B9BC26#B9BC26

#B9BC26 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	#B9BC26
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 38)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 79.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -17.70, 68.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 70.73, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0565 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.159 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3421, 46.4218, 8.7739)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC26 #2926BC

analogous

#BC7426 #B9BC26 #6EBC26

triadic

#B9BC26 #26B9BC #BC26B9

tetradic

#B9BC26 #26BC74 #2926BC #BC266E

square

#B9BC26 #26BC74 #2926BC #BC266E

split-complementary

#B9BC26 #266EBC #7426BC

monochromatic

#555611 #87891C #B9BC26 #D7DA46 #E2E479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BC26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B9BC26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC26

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC26	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: #b9bc26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.159 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf6f',
    500: '#b9bc26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc26;
$custom-light: #d2cf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76823,
    "c": 0.15881,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC26

secondary

#7472CC

accent

#3FE942

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC26

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

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