#B9BC34#B9BC34

#B9BC34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.152 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC34
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 52)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -17.14, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 66.41, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0537 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.152 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6120, 46.5297, 10.1953)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC34 #3734BC

analogous

#BC7B34 #B9BC34 #75BC34

triadic

#B9BC34 #34B9BC #BC34B9

tetradic

#B9BC34 #34BC7B #3734BC #BC3475

square

#B9BC34 #34BC7B #3734BC #BC3475

split-complementary

#B9BC34 #3475BC #7B34BC

monochromatic

#5B5C19 #8A8C27 #B9BC34 #CFD25B #DDDF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BC34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B9BC34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC34

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC34	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.152 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf75',
    500: '#b9bc34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc34;
$custom-light: #d2cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.324,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76901,
    "c": 0.1516,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC34

secondary

#8483C9

accent

#48E04B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC34

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

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