#B9C751#B9C751

#B9C751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.143 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C751
RGB	rgb(185, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 59.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -20.85, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 59.76, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0613 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.143 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9171, 51.7558, 15.5647)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C751 #5F51C7

analogous

#C79A51 #B9C751 #7EC751

triadic

#B9C751 #51B9C7 #C751B9

tetradic

#B9C751 #51C79A #5F51C7 #C7517E

square

#B9C751 #51C79A #5F51C7 #C7517E

split-complementary

#B9C751 #517EC7 #9A51C7

monochromatic

#6E7726 #98A635 #B9C751 #CCD67F #DEE5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B9C751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#B9C751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C751

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C751	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.143 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d786',
    500: '#b9c751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c751;
$custom-light: #d0d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.119,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79568,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C751

secondary

#443C80

accent

#4DDB5E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C751

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

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