#B9BD33#B9BD33

#B9BD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.153 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD33
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 51)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -17.69, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 67.13, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0554 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.153 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8040, 46.9495, 10.1494)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD33 #3733BD

analogous

#BD7C33 #B9BD33 #74BD33

triadic

#B9BD33 #33B9BD #BD33B9

tetradic

#B9BD33 #33BD7C #3733BD #BD3374

square

#B9BD33 #33BD7C #3733BD #BD3374

split-complementary

#B9BD33 #3374BD #7C33BD

monochromatic

#5B5D19 #8A8D26 #B9BD33 #CFD35B #DDE08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B9BD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD33

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD33	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)

#CCB417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.153 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d075',
    500: '#b9bd33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd33;
$custom-light: #d2d075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77115,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD33

secondary

#8482CA

accent

#47E14C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD33

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

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