#B9C430#B9C430

#B9C430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.162 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C430
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 48)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -21.30, 67.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 70.82, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0657 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.162 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2822, 50.0084, 10.3263)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C430 #3B30C4

analogous

#C48530 #B9C430 #6FC430

triadic

#B9C430 #30B9C4 #C430B9

tetradic

#B9C430 #30C485 #3B30C4 #C4306F

square

#B9C430 #30C485 #3B30C4 #C4306F

split-complementary

#B9C430 #306FC4 #8530C4

monochromatic

#5C6218 #8B9324 #B9C430 #CDD75A #DCE38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9C430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#B9C430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C430

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C430	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.162 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d574',
    500: '#b9c430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c430;
$custom-light: #d2d574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.459,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78645,
    "c": 0.16211,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C430

secondary

#312C6C

accent

#44E450

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C430

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

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