#B9C641#B9C641

#B9C641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.154 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C641
RGB	rgb(185, 198, 65)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 67.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -21.43, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 65.77, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0645 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.154 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1569, 51.0848, 12.6923)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C641 #4E41C6

analogous

#C69141 #B9C641 #77C641

triadic

#B9C641 #41B9C6 #C641B9

tetradic

#B9C641 #41C691 #4E41C6 #C64177

square

#B9C641 #41C691 #4E41C6 #C64177

split-complementary

#B9C641 #4177C6 #9141C6

monochromatic

#656C20 #919B2F #B9C641 #CAD470 #DCE29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9C641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#B9C641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C641

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C641	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 198, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.154 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d77d',
    500: '#b9c641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c641;
$custom-light: #d1d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.865,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79203,
    "c": 0.15391,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C641

secondary

#3C3576

accent

#4BDD59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C641

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

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