#B9C733#B9C733

#B9C733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.164 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C733
RGB	rgb(185, 199, 51)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -22.64, 67.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 71.07, 108.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0691 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.164 115)
XYZ	xyz(41.0297, 51.4009, 10.8913)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C733 #4133C7

analogous

#C78B33 #B9C733 #6FC733

triadic

#B9C733 #33B9C7 #C733B9

tetradic

#B9C733 #33C78B #4133C7 #C7336F

square

#B9C733 #33C78B #4133C7 #C7336F

split-complementary

#B9C733 #336FC7 #8B33C7

monochromatic

#5E661A #8C9627 #B9C733 #CBD661 #DBE391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9C733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#B9C733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C733

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C733	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)

#D5BD11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.164 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d776',
    500: '#b9c733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c733;
$custom-light: #d2d776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.676,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79329,
    "c": 0.16368,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C733

secondary

#352E70

accent

#45E254

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C733

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

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