#B9BC44#B9BC44

#B9BC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.141 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC44
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 68)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -16.26, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 60.39, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0497 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.141 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0354, 46.6991, 12.4253)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC44 #4744BC

analogous

#BC8344 #B9BC44 #7DBC44

triadic

#B9BC44 #44B9BC #BC44B9

tetradic

#B9BC44 #44BC83 #4744BC #BC447D

square

#B9BC44 #44BC83 #4744BC #BC447D

split-complementary

#B9BC44 #447DBC #8344BC

monochromatic

#616223 #8D8F33 #B9BC44 #CACC71 #DBDC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B9BC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC44

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC44	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.141 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d07e',
    500: '#b9bc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc44;
$custom-light: #d1d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77023,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC44

secondary

#9493C9

accent

#51D754

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC44

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

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