#B9C461#B9C461

#B9C461 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.124 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C461
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(67, 46%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 50.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -18.03, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 51.19, 110.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0517 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.125 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9058, 50.6578, 18.8773)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C461 #6C61C4

analogous

#C49E61 #B9C461 #87C461

triadic

#B9C461 #61B9C4 #C461B9

tetradic

#B9C461 #61C49E #6C61C4 #C46187

square

#B9C461 #61C49E #6C61C4 #C46187

split-complementary

#B9C461 #6187C4 #9E61C4

monochromatic

#747C2E #9DA93F #B9C461 #CDD58E #E0E5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B9C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#B9C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C461

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C461	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.124 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d590',
    500: '#b9c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c461;
$custom-light: #d0d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 45.622,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7909,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C461

secondary

#4C4485

accent

#53D561

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C461

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

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