#B9BD37#B9BD37

#B9BD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.151 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD37
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -17.50, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 65.75, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0544 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.151 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8960, 46.9863, 10.6340)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD37 #3B37BD

analogous

#BD7E37 #B9BD37 #76BD37

triadic

#B9BD37 #37B9BD #BD37B9

tetradic

#B9BD37 #37BD7E #3B37BD #BD3776

square

#B9BD37 #37BD7E #3B37BD #BD3776

split-complementary

#B9BD37 #3776BD #7E37BD

monochromatic

#5C5E1B #8B8E29 #B9BD37 #CDD160 #DCDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#B9BD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD37

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD37	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.151 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d077',
    500: '#b9bd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd37;
$custom-light: #d1d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77141,
    "c": 0.15081,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD37

secondary

#8886C9

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD37

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

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