#B9BF4A#B9BF4A

#B9BF4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.139 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BF4A
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 74)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 61.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -17.38, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 59.17, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0522 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.139 112)
XYZ	xyz(39.8755, 48.0712, 13.6553)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BF4A #504ABF

analogous

#BF8B4A #B9BF4A #7FBF4A

triadic

#B9BF4A #4AB9BF #BF4AB9

tetradic

#B9BF4A #4ABF8B #504ABF #BF4A7F

square

#B9BF4A #4ABF8B #504ABF #BF4A7F

split-complementary

#B9BF4A #4A7FBF #8B4ABF

monochromatic

#666925 #929735 #B9BF4A #CACF77 #DCDFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B9BF4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#B9BF4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BF4A

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BF4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BF4A	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)

#CDB73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bf4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.139 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d282',
    500: '#b9bf4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bf4a;
$custom-light: #d1d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bf4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77736,
    "c": 0.13938,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.4807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BF4A

secondary

#9B99CC

accent

#50D757

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BF4A

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

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