#B9BD44#B9BD44

#B9BD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.142 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD44
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -16.76, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 60.80, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0511 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.142 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2497, 47.1278, 12.4967)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD44 #4844BD

analogous

#BD8444 #B9BD44 #7DBD44

triadic

#B9BD44 #44B9BD #BD44B9

tetradic

#B9BD44 #44BD84 #4844BD #BD447D

square

#B9BD44 #44BD84 #4844BD #BD447D

split-complementary

#B9BD44 #447DBD #8444BD

monochromatic

#616323 #8E9133 #B9BD44 #CACD71 #DBDD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B9BD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD44

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD44	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.142 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d07e',
    500: '#b9bd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd44;
$custom-light: #d1d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.983,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77242,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD44

secondary

#9593C9

accent

#50D755

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD44

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

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