#B9C73C#B9C73C

#B9C73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.158 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C73C
RGB	rgb(185, 199, 60)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -22.20, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 68.03, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0671 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.158 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2477, 51.4881, 12.0394)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C73C #4A3CC7

analogous

#C78F3C #B9C73C #73C73C

triadic

#B9C73C #3CB9C7 #C73CB9

tetradic

#B9C73C #3CC78F #4A3CC7 #C73C73

square

#B9C73C #3CC78F #4A3CC7 #C73C73

split-complementary

#B9C73C #3C73C7 #8F3CC7

monochromatic

#636A1E #8F9A2C #B9C73C #CAD56C #DBE29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9C73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#B9C73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C73C

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C73C	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.158 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d77a',
    500: '#b9c73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c73c;
$custom-light: #d1d77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.043,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79388,
    "c": 0.15835,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C73C

secondary

#3A3374

accent

#49DF58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C73C

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

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