#B9BC47#B9BC47

#B9BC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.138 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC47
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 71)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -16.07, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 59.15, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0488 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.138 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1293, 46.7366, 12.9199)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC47 #4A47BC

analogous

#BC8447 #B9BC47 #7FBC47

triadic

#B9BC47 #47B9BC #BC47B9

tetradic

#B9BC47 #47BC84 #4A47BC #BC477F

square

#B9BC47 #47BC84 #4A47BC #BC477F

split-complementary

#B9BC47 #477FBC #8447BC

monochromatic

#636424 #8F9135 #B9BC47 #CACC74 #DBDDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#B9BC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC47

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC47	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.138 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d080',
    500: '#b9bc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc47;
$custom-light: #d1d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7705,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC47

secondary

#9795C9

accent

#52D655

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC47

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

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