#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
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 80)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -15.43, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 55.28, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.046 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.131 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4398, 46.8608, 14.5553)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B9BC50	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#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

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

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