#B9BC36#B9BC36

#B9BC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.150 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC36
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -17.04, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 65.72, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0533 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.15 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6580, 46.5481, 10.4376)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC36 #3936BC

analogous

#BC7C36 #B9BC36 #76BC36

triadic

#B9BC36 #36B9BC #BC36B9

tetradic

#B9BC36 #36BC7C #3936BC #BC3676

square

#B9BC36 #36BC7C #3936BC #BC3676

split-complementary

#B9BC36 #3676BC #7C36BC

monochromatic

#5B5D1B #8A8C28 #B9BC36 #CED15E #DDDF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B9BC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC36

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC36	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)

#CBB41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.150 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf76',
    500: '#b9bc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc36;
$custom-light: #d1cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76914,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC36

secondary

#8685C9

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC36

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

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