#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
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 82)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -15.27, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 54.39, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0454 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.129 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5148, 46.8908, 14.9503)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B9BC52	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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