#B9BC52#B9BC52

#B9BC52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.129 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9BC52
RGBrgb(185, 188, 82)
HSLhsl(62, 44%, 53%)
HSVhsv(62, 56%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(1.6%, 0%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.12, -15.27, 52.20)
CIE-LCHlch(74.12, 54.39, 106.31°)
OKLaboklab(77.16% -0.0454 0.121)
OKLCHoklch(77.16% 0.129 110.6)
XYZxyz(39.5148, 46.8908, 14.9503)
Luminance0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9BC52 #5552BC
analogous
#BC8A52 #B9BC52 #84BC52
triadic
#B9BC52 #52B9BC #BC52B9
tetradic
#B9BC52 #52BC8A #5552BC #BC5284
square
#B9BC52 #52BC8A #5552BC #BC5284
split-complementary
#B9BC52 #5284BC #8A52BC
monochromatic
#696A29 #94973A #B9BC52 #CBCD7E #DDDEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02
#B9BC52 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38
#B9BC52 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC52
10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9BC52#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9BC521.002.0210.3810.38
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3821.001.001.00
##00000010.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B547
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB858
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C5B2A5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9bc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.129 110.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d086',
    500: '#b9bc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9bc52;
$custom-light: #d0d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9bc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.698,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77161,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9BC52
secondary
#9F9ECC
accent
#54D458
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FAF9F0
border
#D3D2CB
text
#14130B
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC52

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#B9BC52 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva