#B9C538#B9C538

#B9C538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.159 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C538
RGB	rgb(185, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -21.42, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 68.60, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0653 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.159 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6888, 50.5331, 11.3510)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C538 #4438C5

analogous

#C58A38 #B9C538 #73C538

triadic

#B9C538 #38B9C5 #C538B9

tetradic

#B9C538 #38C58A #4438C5 #C53873

square

#B9C538 #38C58A #4438C5 #C53873

split-complementary

#B9C538 #3873C5 #8A38C5

monochromatic

#5F661D #8C952A #B9C538 #CAD467 #DBE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B9C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#B9C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C538

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C538	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.159 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d678',
    500: '#b9c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c538;
$custom-light: #d1d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78916,
    "c": 0.15866,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C538

secondary

#373170

accent

#49DF56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C538

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

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