#B9C439#B9C439

#B9C439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.157 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C439
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 57)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -20.88, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 67.85, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0637 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.157 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4872, 50.0903, 11.4057)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C439 #4439C4

analogous

#C48A39 #B9C439 #74C439

triadic

#B9C439 #39B9C4 #C439B9

tetradic

#B9C439 #39C48A #4439C4 #C43974

square

#B9C439 #39C48A #4439C4 #C43974

split-complementary

#B9C439 #3974C4 #8A39C4

monochromatic

#5F651D #8C952B #B9C439 #CAD367 #DBE197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9C439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#B9C439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C439

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C439	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)

#D2BA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.157 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d579',
    500: '#b9c439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c439;
$custom-light: #d1d579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.748,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78701,
    "c": 0.15697,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C439

secondary

#373270

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C439

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

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