#B9BD74#B9BD74

#B9BD74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.095 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD74
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 116)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(63, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -12.52, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 38.52, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0343 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.095 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3580, 47.9711, 23.6003)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD74 #7874BD

analogous

#BD9D74 #B9BD74 #94BD74

triadic

#B9BD74 #74B9BD #BD74B9

tetradic

#B9BD74 #74BD9D #7874BD #BD7494

square

#B9BD74 #74BD9D #7874BD #BD7494

split-complementary

#B9BD74 #7494BD #9D74BD

monochromatic

#787C3B #A1A54E #B9BD74 #CED19D #E3E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B9BD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#B9BD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD74

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD74	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.095 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd09d',
    500: '#b9bd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd74;
$custom-light: #cfd09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.288,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77842,
    "c": 0.09536,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD74

secondary

#BAB8D5

accent

#5CCC62

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD74

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

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