#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
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -18.33, 69.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 72.12, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0585 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.161 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4953, 46.8260, 8.5236)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B9BD22	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)

#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

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

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