#B9C832#B9C832

#B9C832 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.165 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C832
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 50)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 75%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -23.17, 67.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 71.79, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0707 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.165 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2387, 51.8538, 10.8534)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C832 #4132C8

analogous

#C88C32 #B9C832 #6EC832

triadic

#B9C832 #32B9C8 #C832B9

tetradic

#B9C832 #32C88C #4132C8 #C8326E

square

#B9C832 #32C88C #4132C8 #C8326E

split-complementary

#B9C832 #326EC8 #8C32C8

monochromatic

#5E661A #8C9726 #B9C832 #CBD760 #DBE391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B9C832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#B9C832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C832

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C832	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.165 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d876',
    500: '#b9c832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c832;
$custom-light: #d2d876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79546,
    "c": 0.16529,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C832

secondary

#352E70

accent

#45E354

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C832

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

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