#B9BD45#B9BD45

#B9BD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.141 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD45
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -16.70, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 60.40, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0508 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.141 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2805, 47.1401, 12.6588)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD45 #4945BD

analogous

#BD8545 #B9BD45 #7DBD45

triadic

#B9BD45 #45B9BD #BD45B9

tetradic

#B9BD45 #45BD85 #4945BD #BD457D

square

#B9BD45 #45BD85 #4945BD #BD457D

split-complementary

#B9BD45 #457DBD #8545BD

monochromatic

#626424 #8E9134 #B9BD45 #CACD72 #DBDD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B9BD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD45

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD45	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)

#CBB535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.141 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d07e',
    500: '#b9bd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd45;
$custom-light: #d1d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77251,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD45

secondary

#9694CA

accent

#51D755

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD45

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

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