#B9BD23#B9BD23

#B9BD23 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 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD23
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -18.30, 69.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 71.87, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0583 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.161 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5100, 46.8319, 8.6007)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD23 #2723BD

analogous

#BD7423 #B9BD23 #6CBD23

triadic

#B9BD23 #23B9BD #BD23B9

tetradic

#B9BD23 #23BD74 #2723BD #BD236C

square

#B9BD23 #23BD74 #2723BD #BD236C

split-complementary

#B9BD23 #236CBD #7423BD

monochromatic

#545610 #868919 #B9BD23 #D8DC41 #E3E575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B9BD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD23

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD23	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	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: #b9bd23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.161 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d06e',
    500: '#b9bd23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd23;
$custom-light: #d2d06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.558,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77031,
    "c": 0.16105,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD23

secondary

#726FCD

accent

#3CEC41

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD23

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

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