#B9C337#B9C337

#B9C337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.157 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C337
RGB	rgb(185, 195, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -20.49, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 68.14, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0628 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.157 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2135, 49.6212, 11.0732)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C337 #4137C3

analogous

#C38737 #B9C337 #73C337

triadic

#B9C337 #37B9C3 #C337B9

tetradic

#B9C337 #37C387 #4137C3 #C33773

square

#B9C337 #37C387 #4137C3 #C33773

split-complementary

#B9C337 #3773C3 #8737C3

monochromatic

#5E641C #8C932A #B9C337 #CBD364 #DBE194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B9C337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C337

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C337	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)

#D1BA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 195, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.157 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d577',
    500: '#b9c337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c337;
$custom-light: #d1d577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78466,
    "c": 0.15712,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C337

secondary

#8F8ACC

accent

#49DF53

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C337

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

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