#B9C137#B9C137

#B9C137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.155 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C137
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -19.49, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 67.33, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.06 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.155 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7684, 48.7309, 10.9248)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C137 #3F37C1

analogous

#C18437 #B9C137 #74C137

triadic

#B9C137 #37B9C1 #C137B9

tetradic

#B9C137 #37C184 #3F37C1 #C13774

square

#B9C137 #37C184 #3F37C1 #C13774

split-complementary

#B9C137 #3774C1 #8437C1

monochromatic

#5E621C #8B9129 #B9C137 #CCD263 #DCE092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B9C137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#B9C137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C137

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C137	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)

#D0B81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.155 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d377',
    500: '#b9c137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c137;
$custom-light: #d1d377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78024,
    "c": 0.155,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C137

secondary

#8D89CB

accent

#49DF52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C137

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

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