#B9BC3E#B9BC3E

#B9BC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.145 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC3E
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -16.62, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 62.76, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0513 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.145 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8615, 46.6295, 11.5098)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC3E #413EBC

analogous

#BC803E #B9BC3E #7ABC3E

triadic

#B9BC3E #3EB9BC #BC3EB9

tetradic

#B9BC3E #3EBC80 #413EBC #BC3E7A

square

#B9BC3E #3EBC80 #413EBC #BC3E7A

split-complementary

#B9BC3E #3E7ABC #803EBC

monochromatic

#5E6020 #8C8E2F #B9BC3E #CBCE6A #DBDD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#B9BC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC3E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC3E	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.145 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d07a',
    500: '#b9bc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc3e;
$custom-light: #d1d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76973,
    "c": 0.14517,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC3E

secondary

#8F8DC9

accent

#4EDA51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC3E

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

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