#B9BD39#B9BD39

#B9BD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.150 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD39
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 57)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -17.39, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 65.03, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.054 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.15 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9450, 47.0059, 10.8916)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD39 #3D39BD

analogous

#BD7F39 #B9BD39 #77BD39

triadic

#B9BD39 #39B9BD #BD39B9

tetradic

#B9BD39 #39BD7F #3D39BD #BD3977

square

#B9BD39 #39BD7F #3D39BD #BD3977

split-complementary

#B9BD39 #3977BD #7F39BD

monochromatic

#5D5F1D #8B8E2B #B9BD39 #CDD063 #DCDE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#B9BD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD39

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD39	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)

#CCB523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.150 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d078',
    500: '#b9bd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd39;
$custom-light: #d1d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77155,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD39

secondary

#8B89C9

accent

#4BDD4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD39

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

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