#B9C221#B9C221

#B9C221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.167 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C221
RGB	rgb(185, 194, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 83%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -20.85, 71.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 74.16, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0655 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.167 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5752, 49.0086, 8.8134)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C221 #2A21C2

analogous

#C27B21 #B9C221 #69C221

triadic

#B9C221 #21B9C2 #C221B9

tetradic

#B9C221 #21C27B #2A21C2 #C22169

square

#B9C221 #21C27B #2A21C2 #C22169

split-complementary

#B9C221 #2169C2 #7B21C2

monochromatic

#55590F #878E18 #B9C221 #D6DF41 #E1E876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B9C221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#B9C221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C221

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C221	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 194, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.167 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d46e',
    500: '#b9c221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c221;
$custom-light: #d2d46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.354,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78129,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C221

secondary

#7570CF

accent

#3AEE44

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C221

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

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