#B9C440#B9C440

#B9C440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.152 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C440
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -20.50, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 65.30, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.062 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.152 114)
XYZ	xyz(40.6740, 50.1651, 12.3897)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C440 #4B40C4

analogous

#C48D40 #B9C440 #77C440

triadic

#B9C440 #40B9C4 #C440B9

tetradic

#B9C440 #40C48D #4B40C4 #C44077

square

#B9C440 #40C48D #4B40C4 #C44077

split-complementary

#B9C440 #4077C4 #8D40C4

monochromatic

#636920 #8F982F #B9C440 #CAD26F #DBE19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9C440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#B9C440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C440

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C440	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)

#D2BB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.152 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d57c',
    500: '#b9c440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c440;
$custom-light: #d1d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78753,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.50164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C440

secondary

#3A3573

accent

#4CDC58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C440

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

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