#B9C736#B9C736

#B9C736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.162 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C736
RGB	rgb(185, 199, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -22.50, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 70.10, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0685 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.162 115)
XYZ	xyz(41.0980, 51.4282, 11.2510)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C736 #4436C7

analogous

#C78D36 #B9C736 #71C736

triadic

#B9C736 #36B9C7 #C736B9

tetradic

#B9C736 #36C78D #4436C7 #C73671

square

#B9C736 #36C78D #4436C7 #C73671

split-complementary

#B9C736 #3671C7 #8D36C7

monochromatic

#5F671C #8C9729 #B9C736 #CAD565 #DBE295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9C736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#B9C736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C736

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C736	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.162 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d777',
    500: '#b9c736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c736;
$custom-light: #d2d777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.793,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79347,
    "c": 0.162,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.51427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C736

secondary

#373071

accent

#47E156

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C736

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

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