#B9C759#B9C759

#B9C759 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.136 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C759
RGB	rgb(185, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -20.22, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 56.27, 111.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0587 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.136 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2349, 51.8830, 17.2388)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C759 #6759C7

analogous

#C79E59 #B9C759 #82C759

triadic

#B9C759 #59B9C7 #C759B9

tetradic

#B9C759 #59C79E #6759C7 #C75982

square

#B9C759 #59C79E #6759C7 #C75982

split-complementary

#B9C759 #5982C7 #9E59C7

monochromatic

#717C2A #9BAA39 #B9C759 #CCD687 #E0E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B9C759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#B9C759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C759

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C759	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.136 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d78b',
    500: '#b9c759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c759;
$custom-light: #d0d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.636,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79654,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C759

secondary

#494084

accent

#4FD960

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C759

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

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