#B9BC3D#B9BC3D

#B9BC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.146 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC3D
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 61)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -16.68, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 63.15, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0516 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.146 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8344, 46.6187, 11.3666)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC3D #403DBC

analogous

#BC803D #B9BC3D #7ABC3D

triadic

#B9BC3D #3DB9BC #BC3DB9

tetradic

#B9BC3D #3DBC80 #403DBC #BC3D7A

square

#B9BC3D #3DBC80 #403DBC #BC3D7A

split-complementary

#B9BC3D #3D7ABC #803DBC

monochromatic

#5E601F #8C8E2E #B9BC3D #CCCE68 #DBDD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B9BC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC3D

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC3D	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	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)

#CAB42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.146 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d07a',
    500: '#b9bc3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc3d;
$custom-light: #d1d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.417,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76965,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC3D

secondary

#8E8CC9

accent

#4DDA51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC3D

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

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