#B9BD31#B9BD31

#B9BD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.154 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD31
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -17.78, 65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 67.80, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0558 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.154 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7609, 46.9323, 9.9222)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD31 #3531BD

analogous

#BD7B31 #B9BD31 #73BD31

triadic

#B9BD31 #31B9BD #BD31B9

tetradic

#B9BD31 #31BD7B #3531BD #BD3173

square

#B9BD31 #31BD7B #3531BD #BD3173

split-complementary

#B9BD31 #3173BD #7B31BD

monochromatic

#5A5C18 #898C24 #B9BD31 #D0D458 #DEE088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B9BD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD31

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD31	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.154 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d074',
    500: '#b9bd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd31;
$custom-light: #d2d074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77103,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD31

secondary

#8280CA

accent

#46E24A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD31

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

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