#B9C735#B9C735

#B9C735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.163 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C735
RGB	rgb(185, 199, 53)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -22.55, 66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 70.43, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0687 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.163 115)
XYZ	xyz(41.0748, 51.4189, 11.1285)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C735 #4335C7

analogous

#C78C35 #B9C735 #70C735

triadic

#B9C735 #35B9C7 #C735B9

tetradic

#B9C735 #35C78C #4335C7 #C73570

square

#B9C735 #35C78C #4335C7 #C73570

split-complementary

#B9C735 #3570C7 #8C35C7

monochromatic

#5F661B #8C9728 #B9C735 #CBD664 #DBE294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9C735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#B9C735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C735

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C735	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)

#D5BD16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.163 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d777',
    500: '#b9c735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c735;
$custom-light: #d2d777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.753,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79341,
    "c": 0.16257,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.51418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C735

secondary

#363071

accent

#47E155

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C735

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

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