#B9BD3D#B9BD3D

#B9BD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.147 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD3D
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 61)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -17.18, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 63.55, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.053 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.147 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0487, 47.0474, 11.4380)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD3D #413DBD

analogous

#BD813D #B9BD3D #79BD3D

triadic

#B9BD3D #3DB9BD #BD3DB9

tetradic

#B9BD3D #3DBD81 #413DBD #BD3D79

square

#B9BD3D #3DBD81 #413DBD #BD3D79

split-complementary

#B9BD3D #3D79BD #813DBD

monochromatic

#5E601F #8C8F2E #B9BD3D #CBCE69 #DBDD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#B9BD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD3D

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD3D	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.147 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d07a',
    500: '#b9bd3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd3d;
$custom-light: #d1d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77185,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD3D

secondary

#8F8DC9

accent

#4DDB52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD3D

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

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