#B9C050#B9C050

#B9C050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.136 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C050
RGB	rgb(185, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 58.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -17.45, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 57.04, 107.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0518 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.136 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3062, 48.5936, 14.8441)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C050 #5750C0

analogous

#C08F50 #B9C050 #81C050

triadic

#B9C050 #50B9C0 #C050B9

tetradic

#B9C050 #50C08F #5750C0 #C05081

square

#B9C050 #50C08F #5750C0 #C05081

split-complementary

#B9C050 #5081C0 #8F50C0

monochromatic

#6A6E28 #959B38 #B9C050 #CBD07D #DDE0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B9C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#B9C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C050

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C050	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.136 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d285',
    500: '#b9c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c050;
$custom-light: #d0d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78016,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C050

secondary

#A19ECE

accent

#51D759

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C050

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

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