#B9C33B#B9C33B

#B9C33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.155 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C33B
RGB	rgb(185, 195, 59)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -20.28, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 66.73, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0618 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.155 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3133, 49.6611, 11.5987)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C33B #453BC3

analogous

#C3893B #B9C33B #75C33B

triadic

#B9C33B #3BB9C3 #C33BB9

tetradic

#B9C33B #3BC389 #453BC3 #C33B75

square

#B9C33B #3BC389 #453BC3 #C33B75

split-complementary

#B9C33B #3B75C3 #893BC3

monochromatic

#60651F #8C942D #B9C33B #CAD269 #DBE098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#B9C33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C33B

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C33B	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)

#D1BA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 195, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.155 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d57a',
    500: '#b9c33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c33b;
$custom-light: #d1d57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.412,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78494,
    "c": 0.15463,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C33B

secondary

#938ECC

accent

#4BDD56

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C33B

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

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