#B9BD22#B9BD22

#B9BD22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.161 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9BD22
RGBrgb(185, 189, 34)
HSLhsl(62, 70%, 44%)
HSVhsv(62, 82%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(2.1%, 0%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(74.08, -18.33, 69.75)
CIE-LCHlch(74.08, 72.12, 104.73°)
OKLaboklab(77.03% -0.0585 0.1505)
OKLCHoklch(77.03% 0.161 111.2)
XYZxyz(38.4953, 46.8260, 8.5236)
Luminance0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9BD22 #2622BD
analogous
#BD7322 #B9BD22 #6BBD22
triadic
#B9BD22 #22B9BD #BD22B9
tetradic
#B9BD22 #22BD73 #2622BD #BD226B
square
#B9BD22 #22BD73 #2622BD #BD226B
split-complementary
#B9BD22 #226BBD #7322BD
monochromatic
#53550F #868919 #B9BD22 #D9DD40 #E3E673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#B9BD22 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36
#B9BD22 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD22
10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9BD22#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9BD221.002.0310.3610.36
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3621.001.001.00
##00000010.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDB832
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6B1A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9bd22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.161 111.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d06d',
    500: '#b9bd22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9bd22;
$custom-light: #d2d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9bd22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.548,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77026,
    "c": 0.16145,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9BD22
secondary
#706ECD
accent
#3BEC40
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9ED
border
#D3D2C8
text
#151308
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD22

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#B9BD22 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva