#B9C529#B9C529

#B9C529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.167 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C529
RGB	rgb(185, 197, 41)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 79.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -22.06, 69.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 73.25, 107.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0683 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.167 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3753, 50.4077, 9.7001)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C529 #3529C5

analogous

#C58329 #B9C529 #6BC529

triadic

#B9C529 #29B9C5 #C529B9

tetradic

#B9C529 #29C583 #3529C5 #C5296B

square

#B9C529 #29C583 #3529C5 #C5296B

split-complementary

#B9C529 #296BC5 #8329C5

monochromatic

#5A6014 #89921E #B9C529 #D0DB51 #DEE583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9C529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#B9C529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C529

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C529	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)

#D3BE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 197, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.167 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d671',
    500: '#b9c529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c529;
$custom-light: #d2d671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 65.546,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78831,
    "c": 0.16655,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C529

secondary

#2D286B

accent

#3FE84C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C529

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

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