#B9BC50#B9BC50

#B9BC50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.131 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9BC50
RGBrgb(185, 188, 80)
HSLhsl(62, 45%, 53%)
HSVhsv(62, 57%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(1.6%, 0%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.10, -15.43, 53.08)
CIE-LCHlch(74.10, 55.28, 106.21°)
OKLaboklab(77.14% -0.046 0.1226)
OKLCHoklch(77.14% 0.131 110.6)
XYZxyz(39.4398, 46.8608, 14.5553)
Luminance0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9BC50 #5350BC
analogous
#BC8950 #B9BC50 #83BC50
triadic
#B9BC50 #50B9BC #BC50B9
tetradic
#B9BC50 #50BC89 #5350BC #BC5083
square
#B9BC50 #50BC89 #5350BC #BC5083
split-complementary
#B9BC50 #5083BC #8950BC
monochromatic
#676928 #939639 #B9BC50 #CBCD7C #DCDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02
#B9BC50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37
#B9BC50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC50
10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9BC50#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9BC501.002.0210.3710.37
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3721.001.001.00
##00000010.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B444
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB856
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C5B1A5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9bc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.131 110.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d085',
    500: '#b9bc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9bc50;
$custom-light: #d0d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9bc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77139,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9BC50
secondary
#9E9CCB
accent
#53D457
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FAF9EF
border
#D3D2CA
text
#14130B
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC50

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#B9BC50 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva