#B9BD35#B9BD35

#B9BD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.152 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD35
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 53)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -17.59, 64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 66.45, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0549 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.152 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8491, 46.9675, 10.3866)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD35 #3935BD

analogous

#BD7D35 #B9BD35 #75BD35

triadic

#B9BD35 #35B9BD #BD35B9

tetradic

#B9BD35 #35BD7D #3935BD #BD3575

square

#B9BD35 #35BD7D #3935BD #BD3575

split-complementary

#B9BD35 #3575BD #7D35BD

monochromatic

#5B5D1A #8A8D28 #B9BD35 #CED25D #DDDF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B9BD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD35

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD35	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)

#CCB41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.152 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d076',
    500: '#b9bd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd35;
$custom-light: #d2d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77128,
    "c": 0.15203,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD35

secondary

#8684CA

accent

#48DF4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD35

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

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