#B9C135#B9C135

#B9C135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.156 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C135
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -19.59, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 68.02, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0605 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.156 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7214, 48.7122, 10.6774)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C135 #3D35C1

analogous

#C18335 #B9C135 #73C135

triadic

#B9C135 #35B9C1 #C135B9

tetradic

#B9C135 #35C183 #3D35C1 #C13573

square

#B9C135 #35C183 #3D35C1 #C13573

split-complementary

#B9C135 #3573C1 #8335C1

monochromatic

#5D611B #8B9128 #B9C135 #CDD360 #DCE090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B9C135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#B9C135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C135

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C135	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#D0B819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.156 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d376',
    500: '#b9c135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c135;
$custom-light: #d2d376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.15619,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C135

secondary

#8B87CB

accent

#48E050

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C135

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

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