#B9BD3A#B9BD3A

#B9BD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.149 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD3A
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 58)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -17.34, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 64.67, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0537 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.149 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9702, 47.0160, 11.0243)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD3A #3E3ABD

analogous

#BD7F3A #B9BD3A #77BD3A

triadic

#B9BD3A #3AB9BD #BD3AB9

tetradic

#B9BD3A #3ABD7F #3E3ABD #BD3A77

square

#B9BD3A #3ABD7F #3E3ABD #BD3A77

split-complementary

#B9BD3A #3A77BD #7F3ABD

monochromatic

#5D5F1D #8B8E2C #B9BD3A #CCD065 #DCDE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#B9BD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD3A

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD3A	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)

#CCB525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.149 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d078',
    500: '#b9bd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd3a;
$custom-light: #d1d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77162,
    "c": 0.14891,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD3A

secondary

#8C8AC9

accent

#4BDC50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD3A

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

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