#B9C047#B9C047

#B9C047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.143 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C047
RGB	rgb(185, 192, 71)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 63%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -18.08, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 60.84, 107.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0545 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.143 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9956, 48.4694, 13.2086)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C047 #4E47C0

analogous

#C08B47 #B9C047 #7DC047

triadic

#B9C047 #47B9C0 #C047B9

tetradic

#B9C047 #47C08B #4E47C0 #C0477D

square

#B9C047 #47C08B #4E47C0 #C0477D

split-complementary

#B9C047 #477DC0 #8B47C0

monochromatic

#656924 #919633 #B9C047 #CAD075 #DCDFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B9C047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#B9C047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C047

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C047	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 192, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.143 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d280',
    500: '#b9c047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c047;
$custom-light: #d1d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.471,
    "s": 48.988,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77928,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C047

secondary

#9A97CC

accent

#4FD957

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C047

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

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