#B9C357#B9C357

#B9C357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.133 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C357
RGB	rgb(185, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 55.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -18.40, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 55.30, 109.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0537 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.133 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2438, 50.0333, 16.4997)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C357 #6157C3

analogous

#C39757 #B9C357 #83C357

triadic

#B9C357 #57B9C3 #C357B9

tetradic

#B9C357 #57C397 #6157C3 #C35783

square

#B9C357 #57C397 #6157C3 #C35783

split-complementary

#B9C357 #5783C3 #9757C3

monochromatic

#6F762A #99A33A #B9C357 #CCD384 #DFE3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B9C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C357

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C357	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.133 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d58a',
    500: '#b9c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c357;
$custom-light: #d0d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.556,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7875,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C357

secondary

#45407F

accent

#51D75D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C357

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

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