#B9C437#B9C437

#B9C437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.158 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C437
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -20.98, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 68.54, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0642 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.158 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4383, 50.0708, 11.1481)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C437 #4237C4

analogous

#C48937 #B9C437 #73C437

triadic

#B9C437 #37B9C4 #C437B9

tetradic

#B9C437 #37C489 #4237C4 #C43773

square

#B9C437 #37C489 #4237C4 #C43773

split-complementary

#B9C437 #3773C4 #8937C4

monochromatic

#5F641C #8C942A #B9C437 #CBD465 #DBE194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9C437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B9C437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C437

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C437	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)

#D2BA1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.158 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d578',
    500: '#b9c437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c437;
$custom-light: #d2d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.681,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78688,
    "c": 0.15819,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C437

secondary

#35306F

accent

#48DF54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C437

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

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