#B9C459#B9C459

#B9C459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.132 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C459
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -18.73, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 54.86, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0545 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.132 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5515, 50.5161, 17.0109)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C459 #6459C4

analogous

#C49959 #B9C459 #83C459

triadic

#B9C459 #59B9C4 #C459B9

tetradic

#B9C459 #59C499 #6459C4 #C45983

square

#B9C459 #59C499 #6459C4 #C45983

split-complementary

#B9C459 #5983C4 #9959C4

monochromatic

#70782B #9AA53B #B9C459 #CCD486 #DFE4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B9C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#B9C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C459

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C459	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.132 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d58b',
    500: '#b9c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c459;
$custom-light: #d0d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.168,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78993,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C459

secondary

#474081

accent

#51D75E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C459

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

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