#B9C656#B9C656

#B9C656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.137 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C656
RGB	rgb(185, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -19.97, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 57.13, 110.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0583 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.137 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8822, 51.3749, 16.5123)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C656 #6356C6

analogous

#C69B56 #B9C656 #81C656

triadic

#B9C656 #56B9C6 #C656B9

tetradic

#B9C656 #56C69B #6356C6 #C65681

square

#B9C656 #56C69B #6356C6 #C65681

split-complementary

#B9C656 #5681C6 #9B56C6

monochromatic

#707929 #9AA738 #B9C656 #CCD584 #DFE5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#B9C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C656

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C656	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.137 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d789',
    500: '#b9c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c656;
$custom-light: #d0d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.964,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.794,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C656

secondary

#473F81

accent

#4FD95F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C656

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

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