#B9BD4E#B9BD4E

#B9BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.134 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD4E
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -16.08, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 56.59, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0481 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.134 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5814, 47.2605, 14.2434)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD4E #524EBD

analogous

#BD894E #B9BD4E #82BD4E

triadic

#B9BD4E #4EB9BD #BD4EB9

tetradic

#B9BD4E #4EBD89 #524EBD #BD4E82

square

#B9BD4E #4EBD89 #524EBD #BD4E82

split-complementary

#B9BD4E #4E82BD #894EBD

monochromatic

#676927 #939638 #B9BD4E #CBCE7B #DCDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#B9BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD4E

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD4E	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.134 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d084',
    500: '#b9bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd4e;
$custom-light: #d1d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.162,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77337,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD4E

secondary

#9D9BCC

accent

#52D557

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD4E

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

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