#B9C131#B9C131

#B9C131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.158 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C131
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 74.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -19.77, 66.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 69.34, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0613 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.158 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6332, 48.6769, 10.2129)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C131 #3931C1

analogous

#C18131 #B9C131 #71C131

triadic

#B9C131 #31B9C1 #C131B9

tetradic

#B9C131 #31C181 #3931C1 #C13171

square

#B9C131 #31C181 #3931C1 #C13171

split-complementary

#B9C131 #3171C1 #8131C1

monochromatic

#5B5F18 #8A9025 #B9C131 #CED55A #DDE28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B9C131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#B9C131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C131

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C131	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B80F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.158 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d374',
    500: '#b9c131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c131;
$custom-light: #d2d374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77986,
    "c": 0.15845,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C131

secondary

#8682CC

accent

#45E34E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C131

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

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