#B9BD21#B9BD21

#B9BD21 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	#B9BD21
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -18.36, 70.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 72.37, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0586 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.162 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4811, 46.8204, 8.4487)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD21 #2521BD

analogous

#BD7321 #B9BD21 #6BBD21

triadic

#B9BD21 #21B9BD #BD21B9

tetradic

#B9BD21 #21BD73 #2521BD #BD216B

square

#B9BD21 #21BD73 #2521BD #BD216B

split-complementary

#B9BD21 #216BBD #7321BD

monochromatic

#53550F #868918 #B9BD21 #D9DD3E #E3E672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B9BD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD21

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD21	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)

#CDB831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.162 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d06d',
    500: '#b9bd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd21;
$custom-light: #d2d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77022,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD21

secondary

#6F6DCD

accent

#3BED3F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD21

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

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