#B9BC38#B9BC38

#B9BC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.149 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC38
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -16.94, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 65.00, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0528 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.149 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7059, 46.5673, 10.6901)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC38 #3B38BC

analogous

#BC7D38 #B9BC38 #77BC38

triadic

#B9BC38 #38B9BC #BC38B9

tetradic

#B9BC38 #38BC7D #3B38BC #BC3877

square

#B9BC38 #38BC7D #3B38BC #BC3877

split-complementary

#B9BC38 #3877BC #7D38BC

monochromatic

#5C5E1C #8B8D2A #B9BC38 #CDD061 #DCDE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B9BC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC38

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC38	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)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.149 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf77',
    500: '#b9bc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc38;
$custom-light: #d1cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76928,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC38

secondary

#8887C9

accent

#4ADD4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC38

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

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