#B9C753#B9C753

#B9C753 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.141 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C753
RGB	rgb(185, 199, 83)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 58.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -20.70, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 58.90, 110.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0606 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.141 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9932, 51.7863, 15.9655)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C753 #6153C7

analogous

#C79B53 #B9C753 #7FC753

triadic

#B9C753 #53B9C7 #C753B9

tetradic

#B9C753 #53C79B #6153C7 #C7537F

square

#B9C753 #53C79B #6153C7 #C7537F

split-complementary

#B9C753 #537FC7 #9B53C7

monochromatic

#6F7827 #99A736 #B9C753 #CCD681 #DFE5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B9C753 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#B9C753 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C753

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C753	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C753	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c753;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.141 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d788',
    500: '#b9c753',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c753;
$custom-light: #d0d788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c753",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.241,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79589,
    "c": 0.14107,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C753

secondary

#453D81

accent

#4DDA5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C753

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

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