#B9BD43#B9BD43

#B9BD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.143 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD43
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 67)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -16.83, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 61.21, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0514 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.143 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2195, 47.1157, 12.3374)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD43 #4743BD

analogous

#BD8443 #B9BD43 #7CBD43

triadic

#B9BD43 #43B9BD #BD43B9

tetradic

#B9BD43 #43BD84 #4743BD #BD437C

square

#B9BD43 #43BD84 #4743BD #BD437C

split-complementary

#B9BD43 #437CBD #8443BD

monochromatic

#616323 #8D9033 #B9BD43 #CACD70 #DBDD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#B9BD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD43

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD43	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	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)

#CBB533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.143 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d07d',
    500: '#b9bd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd43;
$custom-light: #d1d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.967,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77234,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD43

secondary

#9493C9

accent

#50D855

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD43

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

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