#B9C53A#B9C53A

#B9C53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.157 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C53A
RGB	rgb(185, 197, 58)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -21.32, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 67.91, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0648 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.157 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7387, 50.5530, 11.6138)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C53A #463AC5

analogous

#C58C3A #B9C53A #73C53A

triadic

#B9C53A #3AB9C5 #C53AB9

tetradic

#B9C53A #3AC58C #463AC5 #C53A73

square

#B9C53A #3AC58C #463AC5 #C53A73

split-complementary

#B9C53A #3A73C5 #8C3AC5

monochromatic

#60661E #8D962C #B9C53A #CAD369 #DBE199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B9C53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#B9C53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C53A

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C53A	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)

#D3BB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 197, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.157 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d679',
    500: '#b9c53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c53a;
$custom-light: #d1d679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.18,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7893,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C53A

secondary

#383271

accent

#4ADE57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C53A

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

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