#B9BC40#B9BC40

#B9BC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.144 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC40
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -16.50, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 61.99, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0508 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.144 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9174, 46.6519, 11.8041)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC40 #4340BC

analogous

#BC8140 #B9BC40 #7BBC40

triadic

#B9BC40 #40B9BC #BC40B9

tetradic

#B9BC40 #40BC81 #4340BC #BC407B

square

#B9BC40 #40BC81 #4340BC #BC407B

split-complementary

#B9BC40 #407BBC #8140BC

monochromatic

#5F6121 #8C8E30 #B9BC40 #CBCD6C #DBDD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#B9BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC40

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC40	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)

#CAB42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.144 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d07c',
    500: '#b9bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc40;
$custom-light: #d1d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76989,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC40

secondary

#918FC9

accent

#4FD952

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC40

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

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