#B9BC31#B9BC31

#B9BC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.153 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC31
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -17.28, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 67.42, 104.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0544 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.153 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5465, 46.5035, 9.8507)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC31 #3431BC

analogous

#BC7A31 #B9BC31 #74BC31

triadic

#B9BC31 #31B9BC #BC31B9

tetradic

#B9BC31 #31BC7A #3431BC #BC3174

square

#B9BC31 #31BC7A #3431BC #BC3174

split-complementary

#B9BC31 #3174BC #7A31BC

monochromatic

#595B18 #898B24 #B9BC31 #D1D357 #DEE088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#B9BC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC31

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC31	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.153 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf74',
    500: '#b9bc31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc31;
$custom-light: #d2cf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76882,
    "c": 0.15333,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC31

secondary

#817FCA

accent

#46E249

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC31

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

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