#B9C331#B9C331

#B9C331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.161 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C331
RGB	rgb(185, 195, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 74.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -20.76, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 70.12, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0641 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.161 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0783, 49.5671, 10.3613)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C331 #3B31C3

analogous

#C38431 #B9C331 #70C331

triadic

#B9C331 #31B9C3 #C331B9

tetradic

#B9C331 #31C384 #3B31C3 #C33170

square

#B9C331 #31C384 #3B31C3 #C33170

split-complementary

#B9C331 #3170C3 #8431C3

monochromatic

#5C6118 #8B9225 #B9C331 #CDD65B #DCE28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#B9C331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C331

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C331	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2B90D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 195, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.161 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d575',
    500: '#b9c331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c331;
$custom-light: #d2d575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.11,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78429,
    "c": 0.16054,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C331

secondary

#8883CC

accent

#45E350

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAED

border

#D3D3C8

text

#151409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C331

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

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