#B9C348#B9C348

#B9C348 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.145 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C348
RGB	rgb(185, 195, 72)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 63.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -19.51, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 61.73, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0584 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.145 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6934, 49.8131, 13.6009)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C348 #5248C3

analogous

#C38F48 #B9C348 #7CC348

triadic

#B9C348 #48B9C3 #C348B9

tetradic

#B9C348 #48C38F #5248C3 #C3487C

square

#B9C348 #48C38F #5248C3 #C3487C

split-complementary

#B9C348 #487CC3 #8F48C3

monochromatic

#676D24 #939B33 #B9C348 #CBD276 #DCE1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#B9C348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C348

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C348	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 195, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.145 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d581',
    500: '#b9c348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c348;
$custom-light: #d1d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.878,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78599,
    "c": 0.14543,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C348

secondary

#9D99CE

accent

#4EDA59

background

#FDFDF8

surface

#FAFAEF

border

#D3D3CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C348

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

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