#B9BD2F#B9BD2F

#B9BD2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.155 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD2F
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 47)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -17.86, 66.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 68.44, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0562 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.155 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7196, 46.9157, 9.7048)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD2F #332FBD

analogous

#BD7A2F #B9BD2F #72BD2F

triadic

#B9BD2F #2FB9BD #BD2FB9

tetradic

#B9BD2F #2FBD7A #332FBD #BD2F72

square

#B9BD2F #2FBD7A #332FBD #BD2F72

split-complementary

#B9BD2F #2F72BD #7A2FBD

monochromatic

#595B17 #898C23 #B9BD2F #D1D555 #DEE186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BD2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#B9BD2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD2F

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD2F	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)

#CCB40C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.155 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d073',
    500: '#b9bd2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd2f;
$custom-light: #d2d073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.69,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77091,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD2F

secondary

#807ECA

accent

#44E349

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD2F

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

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