#B9BD40#B9BD40

#B9BD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.145 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD40
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -17.01, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 62.39, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0522 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.145 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1318, 47.0806, 11.8756)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD40 #4440BD

analogous

#BD8340 #B9BD40 #7BBD40

triadic

#B9BD40 #40B9BD #BD40B9

tetradic

#B9BD40 #40BD83 #4440BD #BD407B

square

#B9BD40 #40BD83 #4440BD #BD407B

split-complementary

#B9BD40 #407BBD #8340BD

monochromatic

#5F6221 #8C8F31 #B9BD40 #CACD6D #DBDD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B9BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#B9BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD40

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD40	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.145 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d07c',
    500: '#b9bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd40;
$custom-light: #d1d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77209,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD40

secondary

#9290C9

accent

#4FD953

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD40

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

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