#B9BD34#B9BD34

#B9BD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; 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#B9BD34
RGBrgb(185, 189, 52)
HSLhsl(62, 57%, 47%)
HSVhsv(62, 72%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(2.1%, 0%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(74.16, -17.64, 64.42)
CIE-LCHlch(74.16, 66.79, 105.31°)
OKLaboklab(77.12% -0.0551 0.1423)
OKLCHoklch(77.12% 0.153 111.2)
XYZxyz(38.8263, 46.9584, 10.2668)
Luminance0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9BD34 #3834BD
analogous
#BD7D34 #B9BD34 #74BD34
triadic
#B9BD34 #34B9BD #BD34B9
tetradic
#B9BD34 #34BD7D #3834BD #BD3474
square
#B9BD34 #34BD7D #3834BD #BD3474
split-complementary
#B9BD34 #3474BD #7D34BD
monochromatic
#5B5D1A #8A8D27 #B9BD34 #CFD25C #DDDF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02
#B9BD34 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39
#B9BD34 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD34
10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9BD34#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9BD341.002.0210.3910.39
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3921.001.001.00
##00000010.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB419
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDB83F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6B1A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9bd34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.153 111.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d075',
    500: '#b9bd34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9bd34;
$custom-light: #d2d075;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9bd34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77121,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9BD34
secondary
#8583CA
accent
#48E04C
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9ED
border
#D3D2C8
text
#151409
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#B9BD34 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva