#B9BF55#B9BF55

#B9BF55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.130 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BF55
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -16.55, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 54.37, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0487 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.13 112)
XYZ	xyz(40.2790, 48.2326, 15.7806)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BF55 #5B55BF

analogous

#BF9055 #B9BF55 #84BF55

triadic

#B9BF55 #55B9BF #BF55B9

tetradic

#B9BF55 #55BF90 #5B55BF #BF5584

square

#B9BF55 #55BF90 #5B55BF #BF5584

split-complementary

#B9BF55 #5584BF #9055BF

monochromatic

#6C702A #979C3B #B9BF55 #CBD081 #DEE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9BF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#B9BF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BF55

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BF55	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.130 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d288',
    500: '#b9bf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bf55;
$custom-light: #d0d288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.396,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7785,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.48232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BF55

secondary

#A4A1CE

accent

#53D55A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BF55

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →