#B9BD63#B9BD63

#B9BD63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.114 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD63
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 99)
HSL	hsl(63, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -14.31, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 46.92, 107.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0409 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.114 111)
XYZ	xyz(40.4581, 47.6111, 18.8606)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD63 #6763BD

analogous

#BD9463 #B9BD63 #8CBD63

triadic

#B9BD63 #63B9BD #BD63B9

tetradic

#B9BD63 #63BD94 #6763BD #BD638C

square

#B9BD63 #63BD94 #6763BD #BD638C

split-complementary

#B9BD63 #638CBD #9463BD

monochromatic

#717431 #9B9F43 #B9BD63 #CCCF8E #E0E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BD63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#B9BD63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD63

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD63	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.114 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d091',
    500: '#b9bd63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd63;
$custom-light: #d0d091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77587,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.4761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD63

secondary

#ADABD0

accent

#57D05D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F1

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD63

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

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