#B9C333#B9C333

#B9C333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.159 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C333
RGB	rgb(185, 195, 51)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 73.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -20.67, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 69.47, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0637 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.159 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1215, 49.5844, 10.5885)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C333 #3D33C3

analogous

#C38533 #B9C333 #71C333

triadic

#B9C333 #33B9C3 #C333B9

tetradic

#B9C333 #33C385 #3D33C3 #C33371

square

#B9C333 #33C385 #3D33C3 #C33371

split-complementary

#B9C333 #3371C3 #8533C3

monochromatic

#5D621A #8B9226 #B9C333 #CDD55E #DCE28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B9C333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C333

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C333	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2B913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 195, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.159 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d575',
    500: '#b9c333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c333;
$custom-light: #d2d575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.167,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78441,
    "c": 0.15944,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C333

secondary

#8B86CC

accent

#46E251

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAED

border

#D3D3C8

text

#151409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C333

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

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