#B9C438#B9C438

#B9C438 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 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C438
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -20.93, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 68.20, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0639 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.158 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4625, 50.0805, 11.2756)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C438 #4338C4

analogous

#C48938 #B9C438 #73C438

triadic

#B9C438 #38B9C4 #C438B9

tetradic

#B9C438 #38C489 #4338C4 #C43873

square

#B9C438 #38C489 #4338C4 #C43873

split-complementary

#B9C438 #3873C4 #8938C4

monochromatic

#5F651D #8C942A #B9C438 #CBD366 #DBE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#B9C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C438

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C438	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.158 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d578',
    500: '#b9c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c438;
$custom-light: #d1d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78694,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C438

secondary

#36316F

accent

#49DF55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C438

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

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