#B9BC55#B9BC55

#B9BC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.127 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC55
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -15.04, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 53.03, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0444 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.127 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6315, 46.9375, 15.5647)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC55 #5855BC

analogous

#BC8B55 #B9BC55 #85BC55

triadic

#B9BC55 #55B9BC #BC55B9

tetradic

#B9BC55 #55BC8B #5855BC #BC5585

square

#B9BC55 #55BC8B #5855BC #BC5585

split-complementary

#B9BC55 #5585BC #8B55BC

monochromatic

#6A6C2B #95983C #B9BC55 #CBCD81 #DDDFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B9BC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC55

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC55	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.127 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d088',
    500: '#b9bc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc55;
$custom-light: #d0d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.748,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77194,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC55

secondary

#A2A0CC

accent

#55D358

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC55

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

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