#B9BD2E#B9BD2E

#B9BD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.156 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD2E
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -17.91, 66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 68.76, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0564 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.156 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6997, 46.9078, 9.5998)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD2E #322EBD

analogous

#BD792E #B9BD2E #71BD2E

triadic

#B9BD2E #2EB9BD #BD2EB9

tetradic

#B9BD2E #2EBD79 #322EBD #BD2E71

square

#B9BD2E #2EBD79 #322EBD #BD2E71

split-complementary

#B9BD2E #2E71BD #792EBD

monochromatic

#595B16 #898C22 #B9BD2E #D2D553 #DFE184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#B9BD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD2E

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD2E	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)

#CCB408

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.156 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d072',
    500: '#b9bd2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd2e;
$custom-light: #d2d072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77085,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD2E

secondary

#7F7CCA

accent

#44E448

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD2E

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

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