#B9C232#B9C232

#B9C232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.159 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C232
RGB	rgb(185, 194, 50)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 74.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -20.22, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 69.40, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0625 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.159 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8763, 49.1290, 10.3992)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C232 #3B32C2

analogous

#C28332 #B9C232 #71C232

triadic

#B9C232 #32B9C2 #C232B9

tetradic

#B9C232 #32C283 #3B32C2 #C23271

square

#B9C232 #32C283 #3B32C2 #C23271

split-complementary

#B9C232 #3271C2 #8332C2

monochromatic

#5C6119 #8B9125 #B9C232 #CDD55C #DCE28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B9C232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#B9C232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C232

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C232	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 194, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.159 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d475',
    500: '#b9c232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c232;
$custom-light: #d2d475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78213,
    "c": 0.15894,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C232

secondary

#8884CC

accent

#46E24F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C232

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

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