#B9BC91#B9BC91

#B9BC91 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.058 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BC91
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 145)
HSL	hsl(64, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 22.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -8.23, 21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 23.00, 110.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0209 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.058 111)
XYZ	xyz(43.1014, 48.3255, 33.8397)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BC91 #9491BC

analogous

#BCA991 #B9BC91 #A3BC91

triadic

#B9BC91 #91B9BC #BC91B9

tetradic

#B9BC91 #91BCA9 #9491BC #BC91A3

square

#B9BC91 #91BCA9 #9491BC #BC91A3

split-complementary

#B9BC91 #91A3BC #A991BC

monochromatic

#7F8350 #A1A56B #B9BC91 #D1D3B7 #E9EADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9BC91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#B9BC91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BC91

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BC91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BC91	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B88E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bc91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.058 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0b1',
    500: '#b9bc91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bc91;
$custom-light: #ced0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bc91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.186,
    "s": 24.294,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78181,
    "c": 0.05838,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.48325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BC91

secondary

#CECDDC

accent

#43A349

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F5

border

#D2D2CF

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BC91

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

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