#B9BC2D#B9BC2D

#B9BC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.155 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC2D
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 45)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -17.44, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 68.69, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0552 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.155 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4658, 46.4713, 9.4257)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC2D #302DBC

analogous

#BC772D #B9BC2D #71BC2D

triadic

#B9BC2D #2DB9BC #BC2DB9

tetradic

#B9BC2D #2DBC77 #302DBC #BC2D71

square

#B9BC2D #2DBC77 #302DBC #BC2D71

split-complementary

#B9BC2D #2D71BC #772DBC

monochromatic

#585915 #888B21 #B9BC2D #D3D551 #DFE182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B9BC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC2D

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC2D	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.155 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf72',
    500: '#b9bc2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc2d;
$custom-light: #d2cf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.259,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76859,
    "c": 0.15548,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC2D

secondary

#7C7BCA

accent

#43E447

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC2D

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

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