#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
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 44)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -17.99, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 69.37, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0568 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.157 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6612, 46.8924, 9.3970)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B9BD2C	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD2C

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

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