#B9BD2C#B9BD2C

#B9BD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.157 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9BD2C
RGBrgb(185, 189, 44)
HSLhsl(62, 62%, 46%)
HSVhsv(62, 77%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(2.1%, 0%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(74.12, -17.99, 67.00)
CIE-LCHlch(74.12, 69.37, 105.03°)
OKLaboklab(77.07% -0.0568 0.1464)
OKLCHoklch(77.07% 0.157 111.2)
XYZxyz(38.6612, 46.8924, 9.3970)
Luminance0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9BD2C #302CBD
analogous
#BD782C #B9BD2C #70BD2C
triadic
#B9BD2C #2CB9BD #BD2CB9
tetradic
#B9BD2C #2CBD78 #302CBD #BD2C70
square
#B9BD2C #2CBD78 #302CBD #BD2C70
split-complementary
#B9BD2C #2C70BD #782CBD
monochromatic
#585A15 #888B20 #B9BD2C #D3D650 #DFE282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02
#B9BD2C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38
#B9BD2C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD2C
10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9BD2C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9BD2C1.002.0210.3810.38
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3821.001.001.00
##00000010.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDB839
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6B1A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9bd2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.157 111.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d072',
    500: '#b9bd2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9bd2c;
$custom-light: #d2d072;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9bd2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.655,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77074,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9BD2C
secondary
#7C7ACB
accent
#42E547
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9ED
border
#D3D2C8
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

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#B9BD2C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva