#B9BD27#B9BD27

#B9BD27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.159 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD27
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -18.17, 68.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 70.81, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0577 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.159 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5728, 46.8570, 8.9315)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD27 #2B27BD

analogous

#BD7627 #B9BD27 #6EBD27

triadic

#B9BD27 #27B9BD #BD27B9

tetradic

#B9BD27 #27BD76 #2B27BD #BD276E

square

#B9BD27 #27BD76 #2B27BD #BD276E

split-complementary

#B9BD27 #276EBD #7627BD

monochromatic

#565812 #878A1D #B9BD27 #D5D948 #E1E47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B9BD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD27

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD27	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#CDB835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.159 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d06f',
    500: '#b9bd27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd27;
$custom-light: #d2d06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77049,
    "c": 0.15935,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD27

secondary

#7674CC

accent

#3FE944

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD27

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

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