#B9BC84#B9BC84

#B9BC84 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.075 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC84
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 132)
HSL	hsl(63, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 29.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -10.03, 28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 29.81, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0263 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.075 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1558, 47.9472, 28.8593)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC84 #8784BC

analogous

#BCA384 #B9BC84 #9DBC84

triadic

#B9BC84 #84B9BC #BC84B9

tetradic

#B9BC84 #84BCA3 #8784BC #BC849D

square

#B9BC84 #84BCA3 #8784BC #BC849D

split-complementary

#B9BC84 #849DBC #A384BC

monochromatic

#7D8046 #A2A65C #B9BC84 #D0D2AC #E6E7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B9BC84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#B9BC84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC84

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC84	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.075 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0a8',
    500: '#b9bc84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc84;
$custom-light: #ced0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 29.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77914,
    "c": 0.07489,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC84

secondary

#C5C4D8

accent

#3DA843

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC84

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

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