#B9BF52#B9BF52

#B9BF52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.133 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BF52
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 82)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -16.79, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 55.71, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0497 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.133 112)
XYZ	xyz(40.1623, 48.1859, 15.1661)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BF52 #5852BF

analogous

#BF8E52 #B9BF52 #82BF52

triadic

#B9BF52 #52B9BF #BF52B9

tetradic

#B9BF52 #52BF8E #5852BF #BF5282

square

#B9BF52 #52BF8E #5852BF #BF5282

split-complementary

#B9BF52 #5282BF #8E52BF

monochromatic

#6A6E29 #959B39 #B9BF52 #CBD07F #DDE0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9BF52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#B9BF52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BF52

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BF52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BF52	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bf52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.133 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d286',
    500: '#b9bf52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bf52;
$custom-light: #d0d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bf52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.303,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77817,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.48185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BF52

secondary

#A29FCE

accent

#52D659

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BF52

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

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