#B9C53D#B9C53D

#B9C53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.156 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C53D
RGB	rgb(185, 197, 61)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -21.16, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 66.83, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0641 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.156 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8173, 50.5845, 12.0276)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C53D #493DC5

analogous

#C58D3D #B9C53D #75C53D

triadic

#B9C53D #3DB9C5 #C53DB9

tetradic

#B9C53D #3DC58D #493DC5 #C53D75

square

#B9C53D #3DC58D #493DC5 #C53D75

split-complementary

#B9C53D #3D75C5 #8D3DC5

monochromatic

#62681F #8E982D #B9C53D #CAD36C #DBE19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B9C53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#B9C53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C53D

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C53D	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 197, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.156 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d67b',
    500: '#b9c53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c53d;
$custom-light: #d1d67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78951,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C53D

secondary

#393472

accent

#4ADD57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C53D

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

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