#B9BC37#B9BC37

#B9BC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; 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	#B9BC37
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -16.99, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 65.36, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.053 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.15 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6817, 46.5576, 10.5626)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC37 #3A37BC

analogous

#BC7C37 #B9BC37 #77BC37

triadic

#B9BC37 #37B9BC #BC37B9

tetradic

#B9BC37 #37BC7C #3A37BC #BC3777

square

#B9BC37 #37BC7C #3A37BC #BC3777

split-complementary

#B9BC37 #3777BC #7C37BC

monochromatic

#5C5D1B #8A8D29 #B9BC37 #CED060 #DCDE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B9BC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC37

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC37	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)

#CBB420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.150 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf77',
    500: '#b9bc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc37;
$custom-light: #d1cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76921,
    "c": 0.14979,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC37

secondary

#8786C9

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC37

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

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