#B9BF36#B9BF36

#B9BF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.153 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BF36
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -18.55, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 66.89, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0575 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.154 112)
XYZ	xyz(39.3055, 47.8432, 10.6535)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BF36 #3C36BF

analogous

#BF8036 #B9BF36 #74BF36

triadic

#B9BF36 #36B9BF #BF36B9

tetradic

#B9BF36 #36BF80 #3C36BF #BF3674

square

#B9BF36 #36BF80 #3C36BF #BF3674

split-complementary

#B9BF36 #3674BF #8036BF

monochromatic

#5D601B #8B8F29 #B9BF36 #CDD260 #DCE090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#B9BF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BF36

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BF36	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.153 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d277',
    500: '#b9bf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bf36;
$custom-light: #d1d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.628,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77575,
    "c": 0.1535,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BF36

secondary

#8987CA

accent

#49DF4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BF36

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

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