#B9BD58#B9BD58

#B9BD58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.125 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD58
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 88)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 53.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -15.30, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 52.11, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0448 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.125 111)
XYZ	xyz(39.9675, 47.4149, 16.2772)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD58 #5C58BD

analogous

#BD8F58 #B9BD58 #87BD58

triadic

#B9BD58 #58B9BD #BD58B9

tetradic

#B9BD58 #58BD8F #5C58BD #BD5887

square

#B9BD58 #58BD8F #5C58BD #BD5887

split-complementary

#B9BD58 #5887BD #8F58BD

monochromatic

#6C6F2C #979B3D #B9BD58 #CBCE84 #DEE0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BD58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#B9BD58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD58

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD58	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.125 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d08a',
    500: '#b9bd58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd58;
$custom-light: #d0d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.376,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77447,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.47414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD58

secondary

#A5A3CE

accent

#55D35A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD58

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

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