#B9C526#B9C526

#B9C526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.168 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C526
RGB	rgb(185, 197, 38)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -22.17, 70.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 74.04, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0688 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.168 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3250, 50.3876, 9.4349)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C526 #3226C5

analogous

#C58126 #B9C526 #69C526

triadic

#B9C526 #26B9C5 #C526B9

tetradic

#B9C526 #26C581 #3226C5 #C52669

square

#B9C526 #26C581 #3226C5 #C52669

split-complementary

#B9C526 #2669C5 #8126C5

monochromatic

#595E12 #89921C #B9C526 #D2DC4C #DFE67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9C526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#B9C526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C526

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C526	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 197, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.168 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d670',
    500: '#b9c526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c526;
$custom-light: #d2d670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.528,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78817,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C526

secondary

#2B266A

accent

#3DEB4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C526

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

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