#B9BF40#B9BF40

#B9BF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.147 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BF40
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -18.01, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 63.21, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.055 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.147 112)
XYZ	xyz(39.5650, 47.9470, 12.0200)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BF40 #4640BF

analogous

#BF8640 #B9BF40 #79BF40

triadic

#B9BF40 #40B9BF #BF40B9

tetradic

#B9BF40 #40BF86 #4640BF #BF4079

square

#B9BF40 #40BF86 #4640BF #BF4079

split-complementary

#B9BF40 #4079BF #8640BF

monochromatic

#606321 #8D9131 #B9BF40 #CACE6E #DBDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B9BF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#B9BF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BF40

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BF40	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)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.147 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d27c',
    500: '#b9bf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bf40;
$custom-light: #d1d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.835,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77649,
    "c": 0.14695,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BF40

secondary

#9491CA

accent

#4ED955

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BF40

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

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