#B9C150#B9C150

#B9C150 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.137 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C150
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 58.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -17.95, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 57.48, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0532 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.137 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5265, 49.0342, 14.9175)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C150 #5850C1

analogous

#C19050 #B9C150 #80C150

triadic

#B9C150 #50B9C1 #C150B9

tetradic

#B9C150 #50C190 #5850C1 #C15080

square

#B9C150 #50C190 #5850C1 #C15080

split-complementary

#B9C150 #5080C1 #9050C1

monochromatic

#6A6F27 #959C37 #B9C150 #CBD17D #DDE1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B9C150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#B9C150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C150

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C150	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.137 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d385',
    500: '#b9c150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c150;
$custom-light: #d0d385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.248,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78235,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C150

secondary

#A29ECF

accent

#51D75A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C150

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

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