#B9BD47#B9BD47

#B9BD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.140 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD47
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -16.57, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 59.57, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0502 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.14 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3436, 47.1654, 12.9913)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD47 #4B47BD

analogous

#BD8647 #B9BD47 #7EBD47

triadic

#B9BD47 #47B9BD #BD47B9

tetradic

#B9BD47 #47BD86 #4B47BD #BD477E

square

#B9BD47 #47BD86 #4B47BD #BD477E

split-complementary

#B9BD47 #477EBD #8647BD

monochromatic

#636524 #8F9234 #B9BD47 #CACD74 #DBDDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B9BD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD47

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD47	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)

#CBB538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.140 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d080',
    500: '#b9bd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd47;
$custom-light: #d1d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.034,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77269,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD47

secondary

#9896CA

accent

#51D756

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD47

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

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