#B9BC71#B9BC71

#B9BC71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.098 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC71
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 113)
HSL	hsl(62, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -12.35, 37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 39.54, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0341 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.098 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9719, 47.4737, 22.6246)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC71 #7471BC

analogous

#BC9A71 #B9BC71 #94BC71

triadic

#B9BC71 #71B9BC #BC71B9

tetradic

#B9BC71 #71BC9A #7471BC #BC7194

square

#B9BC71 #71BC9A #7471BC #BC7194

split-complementary

#B9BC71 #7194BC #9A71BC

monochromatic

#777939 #9FA34D #B9BC71 #CDD09B #E2E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BC71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#B9BC71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC71

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC71	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.098 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd09b',
    500: '#b9bc71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc71;
$custom-light: #cfd09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77578,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC71

secondary

#B7B6D3

accent

#5CCC60

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC71

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

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