#B9C140#B9C140

#B9C140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.149 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C140
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -19.01, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 64.04, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0578 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.149 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0041, 48.8252, 12.1664)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C140 #4840C1

analogous

#C18840 #B9C140 #78C140

triadic

#B9C140 #40B9C1 #C140B9

tetradic

#B9C140 #40C188 #4840C1 #C14078

square

#B9C140 #40C188 #4840C1 #C14078

split-complementary

#B9C140 #4078C1 #8840C1

monochromatic

#616621 #8E9430 #B9C140 #CAD06E #DBDF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B9C140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#B9C140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C140

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C140	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.149 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d37c',
    500: '#b9c140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c140;
$custom-light: #d1d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.721,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78089,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C140

secondary

#9592CB

accent

#4DDA56

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C140

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

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