#B9BD85#B9BD85

#B9BD85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.075 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BD85
RGB	rgb(185, 189, 133)
HSL	hsl(64, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -10.42, 27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 29.80, 110.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0274 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.075 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4389, 48.4035, 29.2929)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BD85 #8985BD

analogous

#BDA585 #B9BD85 #9DBD85

triadic

#B9BD85 #85B9BD #BD85B9

tetradic

#B9BD85 #85BDA5 #8985BD #BD859D

square

#B9BD85 #85BDA5 #8985BD #BD859D

split-complementary

#B9BD85 #859DBD #A585BD

monochromatic

#7D8246 #A2A85D #B9BD85 #D0D2AD #E7E8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9BD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#B9BD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BD85

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BD85	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BA87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 189, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.075 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0a9',
    500: '#b9bd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bd85;
$custom-light: #ced0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78148,
    "c": 0.07498,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BD85

secondary

#C6C5D9

accent

#3DA845

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BD85

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

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