#B9BC45#B9BC45

#B9BC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.140 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC45
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 69)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -16.20, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 59.98, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0494 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.14 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0661, 46.7114, 12.5874)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC45 #4845BC

analogous

#BC8445 #B9BC45 #7DBC45

triadic

#B9BC45 #45B9BC #BC45B9

tetradic

#B9BC45 #45BC84 #4845BC #BC457D

square

#B9BC45 #45BC84 #4845BC #BC457D

split-complementary

#B9BC45 #457DBC #8445BC

monochromatic

#616324 #8E9034 #B9BC45 #CACC72 #DBDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B9BC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC45

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC45	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)

#CAB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.140 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d07e',
    500: '#b9bc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc45;
$custom-light: #d1d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.513,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77032,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC45

secondary

#9594C9

accent

#51D755

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC45

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

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