#B9C635#B9C635

#B9C635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.162 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C635
RGB	rgb(185, 198, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -22.06, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 70.02, 108.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0673 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.162 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8454, 50.9602, 11.0521)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C635 #4235C6

analogous

#C68B35 #B9C635 #71C635

triadic

#B9C635 #35B9C6 #C635B9

tetradic

#B9C635 #35C68B #4235C6 #C63571

square

#B9C635 #35C68B #4235C6 #C63571

split-complementary

#B9C635 #3571C6 #8B35C6

monochromatic

#5F651B #8C9628 #B9C635 #CBD563 #DBE293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9C635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#B9C635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C635

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C635	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 198, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.162 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d777',
    500: '#b9c635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c635;
$custom-light: #d2d777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.379,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79119,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C635

secondary

#352F70

accent

#47E155

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C635

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

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