#B9C53E#B9C53E

#B9C53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.155 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C53E
RGB	rgb(185, 197, 62)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -21.11, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 66.47, 108.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0639 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.155 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8444, 50.5953, 12.1707)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C53E #4A3EC5

analogous

#C58D3E #B9C53E #75C53E

triadic

#B9C53E #3EB9C5 #C53EB9

tetradic

#B9C53E #3EC58D #4A3EC5 #C53E75

square

#B9C53E #3EC58D #4A3EC5 #C53E75

split-complementary

#B9C53E #3E75C5 #8D3EC5

monochromatic

#636920 #8F982E #B9C53E #CAD36D #DBE19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B9C53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#B9C53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C53E

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C53E	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)

#D3BB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 197, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.155 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d67b',
    500: '#b9c53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c53e;
$custom-light: #d1d67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.333,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78959,
    "c": 0.15484,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C53E

secondary

#3A3473

accent

#4BDD58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C53E

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

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