#B9BC48#B9BC48

#B9BC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.138 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC48
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -16.00, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 58.73, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0485 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.138 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1616, 46.7496, 13.0903)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC48 #4B48BC

analogous

#BC8548 #B9BC48 #7FBC48

triadic

#B9BC48 #48B9BC #BC48B9

tetradic

#B9BC48 #48BC85 #4B48BC #BC487F

square

#B9BC48 #48BC85 #4B48BC #BC487F

split-complementary

#B9BC48 #487FBC #8548BC

monochromatic

#636525 #8F9235 #B9BC48 #CACC75 #DBDDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#B9BC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC48

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC48	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)

#CAB43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.138 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d080',
    500: '#b9bc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc48;
$custom-light: #d1d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.552,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77059,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC48

secondary

#9896CA

accent

#52D655

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC48

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

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