#B9BC46#B9BC46

#B9BC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.139 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC46
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 70)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -16.13, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 59.57, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0491 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.139 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0974, 46.7239, 12.7522)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC46 #4946BC

analogous

#BC8446 #B9BC46 #7EBC46

triadic

#B9BC46 #46B9BC #BC46B9

tetradic

#B9BC46 #46BC84 #4946BC #BC467E

square

#B9BC46 #46BC84 #4946BC #BC467E

split-complementary

#B9BC46 #467EBC #8446BC

monochromatic

#626424 #8E9034 #B9BC46 #CACC73 #DBDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B9BC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC46

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC46	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)

#CAB437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.139 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d07f',
    500: '#b9bc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc46;
$custom-light: #d1d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.525,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77041,
    "c": 0.13927,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC46

secondary

#9695C9

accent

#51D655

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC46

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

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