#B9BC56#B9BC56

#B9BC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.126 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC56
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -14.95, 50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 52.58, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0441 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.126 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6715, 46.9535, 15.7754)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC56 #5956BC

analogous

#BC8C56 #B9BC56 #86BC56

triadic

#B9BC56 #56B9BC #BC56B9

tetradic

#B9BC56 #56BC8C #5956BC #BC5686

square

#B9BC56 #56BC8C #5956BC #BC5686

split-complementary

#B9BC56 #5686BC #8C56BC

monochromatic

#6B6D2B #96983C #B9BC56 #CBCD82 #DDDFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B9BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC56

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC56	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)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.126 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d089',
    500: '#b9bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc56;
$custom-light: #d0d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77206,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC56

secondary

#A2A1CD

accent

#55D359

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC56

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

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