#B9C657#B9C657

#B9C657 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.136 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C657
RGB	rgb(185, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(67, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 56.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -19.89, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 56.69, 110.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0579 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.136 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9228, 51.3912, 16.7260)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C657 #6457C6

analogous

#C69B57 #B9C657 #81C657

triadic

#B9C657 #57B9C6 #C657B9

tetradic

#B9C657 #57C69B #6457C6 #C65781

square

#B9C657 #57C69B #6457C6 #C65781

split-complementary

#B9C657 #5781C6 #9B57C6

monochromatic

#707929 #9AA739 #B9C657 #CCD685 #DFE5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9C657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#B9C657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C657

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C657	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.136 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d78a',
    500: '#b9c657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c657;
$custom-light: #d0d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.027,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79411,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C657

secondary

#473F82

accent

#4FD95F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C657

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

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