#B9BC35#B9BC35

#B9BC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.151 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC35
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -17.09, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 66.06, 104.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0535 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.151 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6347, 46.5388, 10.3152)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC35 #3835BC

analogous

#BC7B35 #B9BC35 #76BC35

triadic

#B9BC35 #35B9BC #BC35B9

tetradic

#B9BC35 #35BC7B #3835BC #BC3576

square

#B9BC35 #35BC7B #3835BC #BC3576

split-complementary

#B9BC35 #3576BC #7B35BC

monochromatic

#5B5D1A #8A8C28 #B9BC35 #CFD15D #DDDF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B9BC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC35

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC35	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)

#CBB41C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.151 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf76',
    500: '#b9bc35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc35;
$custom-light: #d2cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76908,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC35

secondary

#8584C9

accent

#48DF4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC35

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

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