#B9C338#B9C338

#B9C338 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 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C338
RGB	rgb(185, 195, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -20.44, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 67.79, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0626 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.157 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2377, 49.6309, 11.2007)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C338 #4238C3

analogous

#C38838 #B9C338 #73C338

triadic

#B9C338 #38B9C3 #C338B9

tetradic

#B9C338 #38C388 #4238C3 #C33873

square

#B9C338 #38C388 #4238C3 #C33873

split-complementary

#B9C338 #3873C3 #8838C3

monochromatic

#5F641D #8C932A #B9C338 #CBD365 #DBE195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#B9C338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C338

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C338	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 195, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.157 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d578',
    500: '#b9c338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c338;
$custom-light: #d1d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.317,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78473,
    "c": 0.15651,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C338

secondary

#908BCC

accent

#49DF54

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C338

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

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