#B9BF4E#B9BF4E

#B9BF4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.136 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BF4E
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 78)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 59.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -17.09, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 57.46, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.051 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.136 112)
XYZ	xyz(40.0145, 48.1268, 14.3878)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BF4E #544EBF

analogous

#BF8D4E #B9BF4E #80BF4E

triadic

#B9BF4E #4EB9BF #BF4EB9

tetradic

#B9BF4E #4EBF8D #544EBF #BF4E80

square

#B9BF4E #4EBF8D #544EBF #BF4E80

split-complementary

#B9BF4E #4E80BF #8D4EBF

monochromatic

#686C27 #939937 #B9BF4E #CBCF7B #DDE0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B9BF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#B9BF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BF4E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BF4E	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bf4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.136 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d284',
    500: '#b9bf4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bf4e;
$custom-light: #d1d284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bf4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.186,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77776,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.48126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BF4E

secondary

#9F9CCD

accent

#51D758

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BF4E

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

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