#B9C73D#B9C73D

#B9C73D 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	#B9C73D
RGB	rgb(185, 199, 61)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -22.14, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 67.67, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0669 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.158 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2744, 51.4987, 12.1799)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C73D #4B3DC7

analogous

#C7903D #B9C73D #74C73D

triadic

#B9C73D #3DB9C7 #C73DB9

tetradic

#B9C73D #3DC790 #4B3DC7 #C73D74

square

#B9C73D #3DC790 #4B3DC7 #C73D74

split-complementary

#B9C73D #3D74C7 #903DC7

monochromatic

#636B1F #8F9A2D #B9C73D #CAD56C #DBE29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9C73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#B9C73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C73D

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C73D	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)

#D5BD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.158 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d77b',
    500: '#b9c73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c73d;
$custom-light: #d1d77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.087,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79395,
    "c": 0.15771,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C73D

secondary

#3A3475

accent

#49DF58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C73D

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

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