#B9C151#B9C151

#B9C151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.136 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C151
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 58%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -17.87, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 57.05, 108.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0528 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.136 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5637, 49.0491, 15.1136)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C151 #5951C1

analogous

#C19151 #B9C151 #81C151

triadic

#B9C151 #51B9C1 #C151B9

tetradic

#B9C151 #51C191 #5951C1 #C15181

square

#B9C151 #51C191 #5951C1 #C15181

split-complementary

#B9C151 #5181C1 #9151C1

monochromatic

#6B7028 #969D38 #B9C151 #CBD17E #DDE1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B9C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#B9C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C151

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C151	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)

#CEB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.136 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d386',
    500: '#b9c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c151;
$custom-light: #d0d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78246,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C151

secondary

#A29FCF

accent

#51D75A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C151

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

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