#B9C239#B9C239

#B9C239 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	#B9C239
RGB	rgb(185, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -19.89, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 67.04, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0609 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.155 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0391, 49.1941, 11.2563)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C239 #4239C2

analogous

#C28739 #B9C239 #74C239

triadic

#B9C239 #39B9C2 #C239B9

tetradic

#B9C239 #39C287 #4239C2 #C23974

square

#B9C239 #39C287 #4239C2 #C23974

split-complementary

#B9C239 #3974C2 #8739C2

monochromatic

#5F631D #8C932B #B9C239 #CBD266 #DBE095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B9C239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#B9C239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C239

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C239	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)

#D0B921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.155 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d478',
    500: '#b9c239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c239;
$custom-light: #d1d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.942,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78258,
    "c": 0.15482,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C239

secondary

#908BCB

accent

#4ADE54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C239

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

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