#B9C661#B9C661

#B9C661 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.127 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C661
RGB	rgb(185, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 51%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -19.03, 48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 52.16, 111.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0545 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.127 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3600, 51.5661, 19.0287)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C661 #6E61C6

analogous

#C6A161 #B9C661 #86C661

triadic

#B9C661 #61B9C6 #C661B9

tetradic

#B9C661 #61C6A1 #6E61C6 #C66186

square

#B9C661 #61C6A1 #6E61C6 #C66186

split-complementary

#B9C661 #6186C6 #A161C6

monochromatic

#747F2E #9EAC3E #B9C661 #CDD68E #E1E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9C661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#B9C661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C661

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C661	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.127 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d790',
    500: '#b9c661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c661;
$custom-light: #d0d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.723,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79529,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C661

secondary

#4D4487

accent

#51D762

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C661

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

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