#B9C435#B9C435

#B9C435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.159 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C435
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -21.08, 65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 69.21, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0646 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.159 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3913, 50.0520, 10.9007)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C435 #4035C4

analogous

#C48835 #B9C435 #72C435

triadic

#B9C435 #35B9C4 #C435B9

tetradic

#B9C435 #35C488 #4035C4 #C43572

square

#B9C435 #35C488 #4035C4 #C43572

split-complementary

#B9C435 #3572C4 #8835C4

monochromatic

#5E641B #8C9428 #B9C435 #CCD462 #DBE192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9C435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B9C435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C435

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C435	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)

#D2BA18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.159 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d577',
    500: '#b9c435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c435;
$custom-light: #d2d577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78675,
    "c": 0.15936,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C435

secondary

#342F6E

accent

#47E153

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C435

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

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