#B9BC3A#B9BC3A

#B9BC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.148 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC3A
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 58)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -16.84, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 64.27, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0523 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.148 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7558, 46.5872, 10.9529)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC3A #3D3ABC

analogous

#BC7E3A #B9BC3A #78BC3A

triadic

#B9BC3A #3AB9BC #BC3AB9

tetradic

#B9BC3A #3ABC7E #3D3ABC #BC3A78

square

#B9BC3A #3ABC7E #3D3ABC #BC3A78

split-complementary

#B9BC3A #3A78BC #7E3ABC

monochromatic

#5D5E1D #8B8D2C #B9BC3A #CDCF64 #DCDE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9BC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B9BC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC3A

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC3A	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.148 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf78',
    500: '#b9bc3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc3a;
$custom-light: #d1cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.385,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76943,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC3A

secondary

#8B89C9

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC3A

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

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