#B9BD32#B9BD32

#B9BD32 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	#B9BD32
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 50)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -17.73, 65.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 67.47, 105.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0556 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.154 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7822, 46.9408, 10.0345)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD32 #3632BD

analogous

#BD7C32 #B9BD32 #73BD32

triadic

#B9BD32 #32B9BD #BD32B9

tetradic

#B9BD32 #32BD7C #3632BD #BD3273

square

#B9BD32 #32BD7C #3632BD #BD3273

split-complementary

#B9BD32 #3273BD #7C32BD

monochromatic

#5A5C18 #8A8D25 #B9BD32 #D0D359 #DDE089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B9BD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD32

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD32	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)

#CCB414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.154 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d074',
    500: '#b9bd32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd32;
$custom-light: #d2d074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.727,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77109,
    "c": 0.15378,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD32

secondary

#8381CA

accent

#46E14B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD32

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

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