#B9C43E#B9C43E

#B9C43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.154 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C43E
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 62)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -20.61, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 66.05, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0625 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.154 114)
XYZ	xyz(40.6181, 50.1427, 12.0953)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C43E #493EC4

analogous

#C48C3E #B9C43E #76C43E

triadic

#B9C43E #3EB9C4 #C43EB9

tetradic

#B9C43E #3EC48C #493EC4 #C43E76

square

#B9C43E #3EC48C #493EC4 #C43E76

split-complementary

#B9C43E #3E76C4 #8C3EC4

monochromatic

#626820 #8E972E #B9C43E #CAD26D #DBE19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9C43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#B9C43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C43E

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C43E	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.154 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d57b',
    500: '#b9c43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c43e;
$custom-light: #d1d57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.925,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78737,
    "c": 0.15375,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.50142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C43E

secondary

#393472

accent

#4BDD57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C43E

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

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