#B9C238#B9C238

#B9C238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.155 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C238
RGB	rgb(185, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -19.94, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 67.39, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0612 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.155 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0144, 49.1842, 11.1262)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C238 #4138C2

analogous

#C28638 #B9C238 #74C238

triadic

#B9C238 #38B9C2 #C238B9

tetradic

#B9C238 #38C286 #4138C2 #C23874

square

#B9C238 #38C286 #4138C2 #C23874

split-complementary

#B9C238 #3874C2 #8638C2

monochromatic

#5E631D #8C932A #B9C238 #CBD265 #DBE094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B9C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#B9C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C238

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C238	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.155 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d478',
    500: '#b9c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c238;
$custom-light: #d1d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.913,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78251,
    "c": 0.15545,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C238

secondary

#8F8ACB

accent

#49DF53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C238

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

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