#B9C237#B9C237

#B9C237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.156 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C237
RGB	rgb(185, 194, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -19.99, 64.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 67.73, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0614 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.156 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9902, 49.1746, 10.9987)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C237 #4037C2

analogous

#C28637 #B9C237 #74C237

triadic

#B9C237 #37B9C2 #C237B9

tetradic

#B9C237 #37C286 #4037C2 #C23774

square

#B9C237 #37C286 #4037C2 #C23774

split-complementary

#B9C237 #3774C2 #8637C2

monochromatic

#5E631C #8C9229 #B9C237 #CCD363 #DBE093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B9C237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#B9C237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C237

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C237	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)

#D0B91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 194, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.156 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d477',
    500: '#b9c237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c237;
$custom-light: #d1d477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.885,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78245,
    "c": 0.15605,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C237

secondary

#8E89CB

accent

#49DF52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C237

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

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