#B9BC7A#B9BC7A

#B9BC7A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.087 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC7A
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 122)
HSL	hsl(63, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 35.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -11.30, 33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 34.97, 108.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0305 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.087 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5040, 47.6865, 25.4266)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC7A #7D7ABC

analogous

#BC9E7A #B9BC7A #98BC7A

triadic

#B9BC7A #7AB9BC #BC7AB9

tetradic

#B9BC7A #7ABC9E #7D7ABC #BC7A98

square

#B9BC7A #7ABC9E #7D7ABC #BC7A98

split-complementary

#B9BC7A #7A98BC #9E7ABC

monochromatic

#7A7D3F #A2A553 #B9BC7A #CED1A3 #E4E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BC7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#B9BC7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC7A

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC7A	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.087 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0a1',
    500: '#b9bc7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc7a;
$custom-light: #cfd0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 33,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77729,
    "c": 0.08706,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC7A

secondary

#BEBCD5

accent

#3AAC3F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC7A

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

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