#B9C434#B9C434

#B9C434 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	#B9C434
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 52)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -21.12, 66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 69.55, 107.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0648 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.16 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3685, 50.0429, 10.7808)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C434 #3F34C4

analogous

#C48734 #B9C434 #71C434

triadic

#B9C434 #34B9C4 #C434B9

tetradic

#B9C434 #34C487 #3F34C4 #C43471

square

#B9C434 #34C487 #3F34C4 #C43471

split-complementary

#B9C434 #3471C4 #8734C4

monochromatic

#5E631A #8B9427 #B9C434 #CCD560 #DCE291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9C434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B9C434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C434

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C434	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)

#D2BA15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.160 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d576',
    500: '#b9c434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c434;
$custom-light: #d2d576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.583,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78669,
    "c": 0.15993,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C434

secondary

#332E6E

accent

#47E152

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C434

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

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