#B9C336#B9C336

#B9C336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.158 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C336
RGB	rgb(185, 195, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -20.53, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 68.48, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.063 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.158 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1897, 49.6117, 10.9482)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C336 #4036C3

analogous

#C38736 #B9C336 #73C336

triadic

#B9C336 #36B9C3 #C336B9

tetradic

#B9C336 #36C387 #4036C3 #C33673

square

#B9C336 #36C387 #4036C3 #C33673

split-complementary

#B9C336 #3673C3 #8736C3

monochromatic

#5E631B #8C9329 #B9C336 #CCD463 #DBE192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B9C336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C336

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C336	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)

#D1BA1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 195, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.158 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d577',
    500: '#b9c336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c336;
$custom-light: #d2d577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.255,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7846,
    "c": 0.15772,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C336

secondary

#8E89CC

accent

#48E053

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C336

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

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