#B9BD25#B9BD25

#B9BD25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.160 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD25
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 37)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -18.24, 68.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 71.35, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.058 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.16 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5405, 46.8441, 8.7615)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD25 #2925BD

analogous

#BD7525 #B9BD25 #6DBD25

triadic

#B9BD25 #25B9BD #BD25B9

tetradic

#B9BD25 #25BD75 #2925BD #BD256D

square

#B9BD25 #25BD75 #2925BD #BD256D

split-complementary

#B9BD25 #256DBD #7525BD

monochromatic

#555711 #878A1B #B9BD25 #D7DB45 #E2E578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B9BD25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B9BD25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD25

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD25	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)

#CDB834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.160 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d06f',
    500: '#b9bd25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd25;
$custom-light: #d2d06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77039,
    "c": 0.16022,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD25

secondary

#7472CC

accent

#3EEA42

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD25

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

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