#B9C765#B9C765

#B9C765 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.124 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9C765
RGBrgb(185, 199, 101)
HSLhsl(69, 47%, 59%)
HSVhsv(69, 49%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(7%, 0%, 49.2%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(77.34, -19.15, 47.03)
CIE-LCHlch(77.34, 50.78, 112.16°)
OKLaboklab(79.8% -0.0545 0.1117)
OKLCHoklch(79.8% 0.124 116)
XYZxyz(42.7805, 52.1012, 20.1123)
Luminance0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9C765 #7365C7
analogous
#C7A465 #B9C765 #88C765
triadic
#B9C765 #65B9C7 #C765B9
tetradic
#B9C765 #65C7A4 #7365C7 #C76588
square
#B9C765 #65C7A4 #7365C7 #C76588
split-complementary
#B9C765 #6588C7 #A465C7
monochromatic
#76822F #9FAF40 #B9C765 #CDD792 #E2E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#B9C765 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42
#B9C765 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C765
11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9C765#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9C7651.001.8411.4211.42
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4221.001.001.00
##00000011.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BE5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1C06A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C2BEB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9c765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.124 116.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d893',
    500: '#b9c765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9c765;
$custom-light: #d0d893;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9c765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79801,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.52101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9C765
secondary
#50468A
accent
#51D664
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFBF4
border
#D4D4CE
text
#14140D
muted
#83837F

Preview Lab

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#B9C765 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva