#B9BC4E#B9BC4E

#B9BC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.133 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC4E
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -15.58, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 56.16, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0467 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.133 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3670, 46.8317, 14.1719)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC4E #514EBC

analogous

#BC884E #B9BC4E #82BC4E

triadic

#B9BC4E #4EB9BC #BC4EB9

tetradic

#B9BC4E #4EBC88 #514EBC #BC4E82

square

#B9BC4E #4EBC88 #514EBC #BC4E82

split-complementary

#B9BC4E #4E82BC #884EBC

monochromatic

#666827 #929538 #B9BC4E #CBCD7A #DCDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B9BC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC4E

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC4E	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.133 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d084',
    500: '#b9bc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc4e;
$custom-light: #d0d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.636,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77118,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC4E

secondary

#9C9BCB

accent

#53D557

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC4E

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

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