#B9BC4D#B9BC4D

#B9BC4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.134 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC4D
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 77)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -15.65, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 56.60, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.047 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.134 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3314, 46.8175, 13.9845)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC4D #504DBC

analogous

#BC884D #B9BC4D #81BC4D

triadic

#B9BC4D #4DB9BC #BC4DB9

tetradic

#B9BC4D #4DBC88 #504DBC #BC4D81

square

#B9BC4D #4DBC88 #504DBC #BC4D81

split-complementary

#B9BC4D #4D81BC #884DBC

monochromatic

#666827 #929438 #B9BC4D #CACD79 #DCDDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B9BC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC4D

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC4D	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.134 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d083',
    500: '#b9bc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc4d;
$custom-light: #d1d083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77108,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC4D

secondary

#9B9ACB

accent

#53D556

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC4D

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

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