#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
RGBrgb(185, 189, 88)
HSLhsl(62, 43%, 54%)
HSVhsv(62, 53%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(2.1%, 0%, 53.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(74.45, -15.30, 49.81)
CIE-LCHlch(74.45, 52.11, 107.07°)
OKLaboklab(77.45% -0.0448 0.1165)
OKLCHoklch(77.45% 0.125 111)
XYZxyz(39.9675, 47.4149, 16.2772)
Luminance0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##B9BD581.002.0010.4810.48
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4821.001.001.00
##00000010.4821.001.001.00

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

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#B9BD58 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva