#B9C038#B9C038

#B9C038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.153 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C038
RGB	rgb(185, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -18.95, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 66.58, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0584 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.153 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5723, 48.3000, 10.9789)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C038 #3F38C0

analogous

#C08338 #B9C038 #75C038

triadic

#B9C038 #38B9C0 #C038B9

tetradic

#B9C038 #38C083 #3F38C0 #C03875

square

#B9C038 #38C083 #3F38C0 #C03875

split-complementary

#B9C038 #3875C0 #8338C0

monochromatic

#5E611C #8B912A #B9C038 #CCD264 #DCDF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9C038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#B9C038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C038

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C038	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)

#CFB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.153 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d278',
    500: '#b9c038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c038;
$custom-light: #d1d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.088,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77809,
    "c": 0.15333,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C038

secondary

#8D89CB

accent

#4ADE51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C038

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

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