#B9C339#B9C339

#B9C339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.156 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C339
RGB	rgb(185, 195, 57)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -20.39, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 67.44, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0623 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.156 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2624, 49.6407, 11.3308)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C339 #4339C3

analogous

#C38839 #B9C339 #74C339

triadic

#B9C339 #39B9C3 #C339B9

tetradic

#B9C339 #39C388 #4339C3 #C33974

square

#B9C339 #39C388 #4339C3 #C33974

split-complementary

#B9C339 #3974C3 #8839C3

monochromatic

#5F641D #8C942B #B9C339 #CBD267 #DBE096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#B9C339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C339

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C339	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)

#D1BA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 195, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.156 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d578',
    500: '#b9c339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c339;
$custom-light: #d1d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.348,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7848,
    "c": 0.15589,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C339

secondary

#918CCC

accent

#4ADE54

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C339

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

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