#B9C126#B9C126

#B9C126 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.164 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C126
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 38)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 80.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -20.20, 69.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 72.55, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0634 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.164 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4287, 48.5951, 9.1361)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C126 #2E26C1

analogous

#C17C26 #B9C126 #6BC126

triadic

#B9C126 #26B9C1 #C126B9

tetradic

#B9C126 #26C17C #2E26C1 #C1266B

square

#B9C126 #26C17C #2E26C1 #C1266B

split-complementary

#B9C126 #266BC1 #7C26C1

monochromatic

#575B12 #888E1C #B9C126 #D4DB49 #E0E57C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B9C126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#B9C126 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C126

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C126	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)

#D0B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.164 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d370',
    500: '#b9c126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c126;
$custom-light: #d2d370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.097,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77929,
    "c": 0.16379,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C126

secondary

#7A75CD

accent

#3EEA47

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C126

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

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