#B9BD55#B9BD55

#B9BD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.128 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD55
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -15.54, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 53.48, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0458 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.128 111)
XYZ	xyz(39.8458, 47.3662, 15.6362)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD55 #5955BD

analogous

#BD8D55 #B9BD55 #85BD55

triadic

#B9BD55 #55B9BD #BD55B9

tetradic

#B9BD55 #55BD8D #5955BD #BD5585

square

#B9BD55 #55BD8D #5955BD #BD5585

split-complementary

#B9BD55 #5585BD #8D55BD

monochromatic

#6B6D2A #96993C #B9BD55 #CBCE81 #DDDFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B9BD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD55

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD55	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.128 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d088',
    500: '#b9bd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd55;
$custom-light: #d0d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77413,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.47365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD55

secondary

#A2A1CD

accent

#54D459

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD55

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

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