#B9BF47#B9BF47

#B9BF47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.142 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BF47
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 71)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -17.58, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 60.42, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0531 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.142 112)
XYZ	xyz(39.7768, 48.0317, 13.1357)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BF47 #4D47BF

analogous

#BF8947 #B9BF47 #7DBF47

triadic

#B9BF47 #47B9BF #BF47B9

tetradic

#B9BF47 #47BF89 #4D47BF #BF477D

square

#B9BF47 #47BF89 #4D47BF #BF477D

split-complementary

#B9BF47 #477DBF #8947BF

monochromatic

#646824 #909534 #B9BF47 #CACF74 #DCDFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B9BF47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#B9BF47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BF47

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BF47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BF47	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bf47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.142 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d280',
    500: '#b9bf47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bf47;
$custom-light: #d1d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bf47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77708,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.48031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BF47

secondary

#9996CB

accent

#50D857

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BF47

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

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