#B9C533#B9C533

#B9C533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.162 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C533
RGB	rgb(185, 197, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -21.66, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 70.27, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0664 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.162 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5726, 50.4866, 10.7389)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C533 #3F33C5

analogous

#C58833 #B9C533 #70C533

triadic

#B9C533 #33B9C5 #C533B9

tetradic

#B9C533 #33C588 #3F33C5 #C53370

square

#B9C533 #33C588 #3F33C5 #C53370

split-complementary

#B9C533 #3370C5 #8833C5

monochromatic

#5E641A #8B9426 #B9C533 #CCD65F #DCE290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B9C533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#B9C533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C533

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C533	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)

#D3BB12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 197, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.162 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d676',
    500: '#b9c533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c533;
$custom-light: #d2d676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.932,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78884,
    "c": 0.16155,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C533

secondary

#332E6E

accent

#46E253

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C533

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

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