#B9C747#B9C747

#B9C747 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.151 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C747
RGB	rgb(185, 199, 71)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 64.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -21.55, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 63.88, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0642 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.151 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5693, 51.6167, 13.7332)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C747 #5547C7

analogous

#C79547 #B9C747 #79C747

triadic

#B9C747 #47B9C7 #C747B9

tetradic

#B9C747 #47C795 #5547C7 #C74779

square

#B9C747 #47C795 #5547C7 #C74779

split-complementary

#B9C747 #4779C7 #9547C7

monochromatic

#697122 #94A031 #B9C747 #CBD576 #DDE4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B9C747 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#B9C747 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C747

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C747	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C747	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c747;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.151 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d780',
    500: '#b9c747',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c747;
$custom-light: #d1d780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c747",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.563,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79475,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C747

secondary

#3F387A

accent

#4BDD5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C747

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

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