#B9BC32#B9BC32

#B9BC32 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	#B9BC32
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 50)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -17.23, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 67.09, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0542 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.153 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5679, 46.5121, 9.9631)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC32 #3532BC

analogous

#BC7A32 #B9BC32 #74BC32

triadic

#B9BC32 #32B9BC #BC32B9

tetradic

#B9BC32 #32BC7A #3532BC #BC3274

square

#B9BC32 #32BC7A #3532BC #BC3274

split-complementary

#B9BC32 #3274BC #7A32BC

monochromatic

#5A5B18 #898C25 #B9BC32 #D0D358 #DEE089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BC32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#B9BC32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC32

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC32	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)

#CBB415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.153 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf74',
    500: '#b9bc32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc32;
$custom-light: #d2cf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76888,
    "c": 0.15277,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC32

secondary

#8280C9

accent

#47E14A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC32

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

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