#B9C261#B9C261

#B9C261 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.122 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C261
RGB	rgb(185, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(66, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -17.03, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 50.23, 109.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0488 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.122 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4577, 49.7616, 18.7279)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C261 #6A61C2

analogous

#C29B61 #B9C261 #89C261

triadic

#B9C261 #61B9C2 #C261B9

tetradic

#B9C261 #61C29B #6A61C2 #C26189

square

#B9C261 #61C29B #6A61C2 #C26189

split-complementary

#B9C261 #6189C2 #9B61C2

monochromatic

#737A2F #9CA640 #B9C261 #CDD38D #E0E4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#B9C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C261

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C261	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.122 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d490',
    500: '#b9c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c261;
$custom-light: #d0d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.567,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78652,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C261

secondary

#AFACD3

accent

#54D460

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C261

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

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