#B9C059#B9C059

#B9C059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.127 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C059
RGB	rgb(185, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 53.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -16.73, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 53.01, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0488 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.127 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6612, 48.7356, 16.7142)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C059 #6059C0

analogous

#C09459 #B9C059 #85C059

triadic

#B9C059 #59B9C0 #C059B9

tetradic

#B9C059 #59C094 #6059C0 #C05985

square

#B9C059 #59C094 #6059C0 #C05985

split-complementary

#B9C059 #5985C0 #9459C0

monochromatic

#6E732C #999F3C #B9C059 #CCD185 #DEE2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B9C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#B9C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C059

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C059	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.127 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d28b',
    500: '#b9c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c059;
$custom-light: #d0d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.078,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78115,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C059

secondary

#A8A5D0

accent

#53D55C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C059

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

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