#B9BD20#B9BD20

#B9BD20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.162 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD20
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 32)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 83.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -18.39, 70.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 72.60, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0588 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.162 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4673, 46.8148, 8.3760)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD20 #2420BD

analogous

#BD7320 #B9BD20 #6ABD20

triadic

#B9BD20 #20B9BD #BD20B9

tetradic

#B9BD20 #20BD73 #2420BD #BD206A

square

#B9BD20 #20BD73 #2420BD #BD206A

split-complementary

#B9BD20 #206ABD #7320BD

monochromatic

#53540E #868917 #B9BD20 #DADE3C #E4E771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BD20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B9BD20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD20

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD20	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)

#CDB830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.162 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d06d',
    500: '#b9bd20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd20;
$custom-light: #d2d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.529,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77018,
    "c": 0.16222,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD20

secondary

#6E6BCD

accent

#3AEE3F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD20

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

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