#B9BF42#B9BF42

#B9BF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.146 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BF42
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -17.89, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 62.43, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0545 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.146 112)
XYZ	xyz(39.6229, 47.9701, 12.3251)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BF42 #4842BF

analogous

#BF8642 #B9BF42 #7ABF42

triadic

#B9BF42 #42B9BF #BF42B9

tetradic

#B9BF42 #42BF86 #4842BF #BF427A

square

#B9BF42 #42BF86 #4842BF #BF427A

split-complementary

#B9BF42 #427ABF #8642BF

monochromatic

#616522 #8E9232 #B9BF42 #CACE70 #DBDE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B9BF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#B9BF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BF42

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BF42	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)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.146 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d27d',
    500: '#b9bf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bf42;
$custom-light: #d1d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.88,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77665,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BF42

secondary

#9593CA

accent

#4FD955

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BF42

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

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