#B9C43C#B9C43C

#B9C43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.155 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C43C
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 60)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -20.72, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 66.78, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.063 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.155 114)
XYZ	xyz(40.5643, 50.1212, 11.8116)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C43C #473CC4

analogous

#C48B3C #B9C43C #75C43C

triadic

#B9C43C #3CB9C4 #C43CB9

tetradic

#B9C43C #3CC48B #473CC4 #C43C75

square

#B9C43C #3CC48B #473CC4 #C43C75

split-complementary

#B9C43C #3C75C4 #8B3CC4

monochromatic

#61671F #8D962D #B9C43C #CAD26B #DBE09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9C43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#B9C43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C43C

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C43C	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	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)

#D2BB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.155 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d57a',
    500: '#b9c43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c43c;
$custom-light: #d1d57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.853,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78722,
    "c": 0.15507,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.5012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C43C

secondary

#383371

accent

#4BDD57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C43C

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

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