#B9C035#B9C035

#B9C035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.155 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C035
RGB	rgb(185, 192, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 72.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -19.09, 64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 67.62, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0591 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.155 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5011, 48.2715, 10.6040)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C035 #3C35C0

analogous

#C08235 #B9C035 #73C035

triadic

#B9C035 #35B9C0 #C035B9

tetradic

#B9C035 #35C082 #3C35C0 #C03573

square

#B9C035 #35C082 #3C35C0 #C03573

split-complementary

#B9C035 #3573C0 #8235C0

monochromatic

#5D601B #8B9028 #B9C035 #CDD35F #DCE08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9C035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#B9C035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C035

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C035	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)

#CFB71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 192, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.155 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d276',
    500: '#b9c035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c035;
$custom-light: #d2d276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77789,
    "c": 0.15515,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C035

secondary

#8986CB

accent

#48E04F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C035

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

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