#B9C036#B9C036

#B9C036 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 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C036
RGB	rgb(185, 192, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 71.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -19.05, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 67.28, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0589 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.155 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5243, 48.2808, 10.7264)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C036 #3D36C0

analogous

#C08236 #B9C036 #74C036

triadic

#B9C036 #36B9C0 #C036B9

tetradic

#B9C036 #36C082 #3D36C0 #C03674

square

#B9C036 #36C082 #3D36C0 #C03674

split-complementary

#B9C036 #3674C0 #8236C0

monochromatic

#5D601B #8B9029 #B9C036 #CDD261 #DCE090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9C036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#B9C036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C036

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C036	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 192, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.155 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d277',
    500: '#b9c036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c036;
$custom-light: #d2d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.043,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77796,
    "c": 0.15455,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C036

secondary

#8B87CB

accent

#48DF50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C036

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

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