#B9C33C#B9C33C

#B9C33C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.154 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C33C
RGB	rgb(185, 195, 60)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 69.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -20.23, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 66.37, 107.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0616 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.154 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3395, 49.6716, 11.7366)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C33C #463CC3

analogous

#C3893C #B9C33C #76C33C

triadic

#B9C33C #3CB9C3 #C33CB9

tetradic

#B9C33C #3CC389 #463CC3 #C33C76

square

#B9C33C #3CC389 #463CC3 #C33C76

split-complementary

#B9C33C #3C76C3 #893CC3

monochromatic

#60651F #8D942E #B9C33C #CAD16B #DBE09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C33C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#B9C33C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C33C

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C33C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C33C	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)

#D1BA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c33c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 195, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.154 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d57a',
    500: '#b9c33c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c33c;
$custom-light: #d1d57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c33c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78501,
    "c": 0.15398,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C33C

secondary

#948FCC

accent

#4BDC56

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C33C

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

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