#B9BD1E#B9BD1E

#B9BD1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.163 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD1E
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 30)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 84.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -18.45, 70.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 73.06, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0591 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.163 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4410, 46.8043, 8.2372)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD1E #221EBD

analogous

#BD711E #B9BD1E #6ABD1E

triadic

#B9BD1E #1EB9BD #BD1EB9

tetradic

#B9BD1E #1EBD71 #221EBD #BD1E6A

square

#B9BD1E #1EBD71 #221EBD #BD1E6A

split-complementary

#B9BD1E #1E6ABD #711EBD

monochromatic

#52530D #858816 #B9BD1E #DBE039 #E5E86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BD1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B9BD1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD1E

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD1E	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.163 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d06c',
    500: '#b9bd1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd1e;
$custom-light: #d2d06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.509,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77011,
    "c": 0.16294,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD1E

secondary

#6B69CE

accent

#38EF3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD1E

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

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