#B9C433#B9C433

#B9C433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.160 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C433
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -21.17, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 69.87, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.065 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.16 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3463, 50.0340, 10.6635)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C433 #3E33C4

analogous

#C48633 #B9C433 #70C433

triadic

#B9C433 #33B9C4 #C433B9

tetradic

#B9C433 #33C486 #3E33C4 #C43370

square

#B9C433 #33C486 #3E33C4 #C43370

split-complementary

#B9C433 #3370C4 #8633C4

monochromatic

#5D631A #8B9326 #B9C433 #CCD55F #DCE28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9C433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B9C433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C433

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C433	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)

#D3BA13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.160 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d576',
    500: '#b9c433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c433;
$custom-light: #d2d576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.552,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78662,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C433

secondary

#332E6D

accent

#46E252

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C433

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

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