#B9BF38#B9BF38

#B9BF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.152 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BF38
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -18.45, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 66.19, 106.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.057 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.152 112)
XYZ	xyz(39.3534, 47.8624, 10.9059)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BF38 #3E38BF

analogous

#BF8138 #B9BF38 #75BF38

triadic

#B9BF38 #38B9BF #BF38B9

tetradic

#B9BF38 #38BF81 #3E38BF #BF3875

square

#B9BF38 #38BF81 #3E38BF #BF3875

split-complementary

#B9BF38 #3875BF #8138BF

monochromatic

#5D601C #8B902A #B9BF38 #CCD163 #DCDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#B9BF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BF38

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BF38	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)

#CEB620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.152 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d278',
    500: '#b9bf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bf38;
$custom-light: #d1d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77589,
    "c": 0.15228,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BF38

secondary

#8C89CA

accent

#4ADE50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BF38

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

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