#B9BC58#B9BC58

#B9BC58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.124 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC58
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 88)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -14.79, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 51.66, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0434 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.124 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7532, 46.9862, 16.2058)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC58 #5B58BC

analogous

#BC8D58 #B9BC58 #87BC58

triadic

#B9BC58 #58B9BC #BC58B9

tetradic

#B9BC58 #58BC8D #5B58BC #BC5887

square

#B9BC58 #58BC8D #5B58BC #BC5887

split-complementary

#B9BC58 #5887BC #8D58BC

monochromatic

#6C6E2C #97993E #B9BC58 #CBCE84 #DEDFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BC58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#B9BC58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC58

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC58	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.124 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d08a',
    500: '#b9bc58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc58;
$custom-light: #d0d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.8,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77229,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC58

secondary

#A4A3CD

accent

#55D359

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC58

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

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