#B9C835#B9C835

#B9C835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.164 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C835
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 53)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -23.04, 66.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 70.83, 108.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.07 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.164 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3056, 51.8806, 11.2055)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C835 #4435C8

analogous

#C88D35 #B9C835 #70C835

triadic

#B9C835 #35B9C8 #C835B9

tetradic

#B9C835 #35C88D #4435C8 #C83570

square

#B9C835 #35C88D #4435C8 #C83570

split-complementary

#B9C835 #3570C8 #8D35C8

monochromatic

#5F671B #8C9828 #B9C835 #CAD664 #DBE395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B9C835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#B9C835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C835

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C835	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)

#D6BE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.164 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d877',
    500: '#b9c835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c835;
$custom-light: #d2d877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.122,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79564,
    "c": 0.16365,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C835

secondary

#373071

accent

#46E156

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C835

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

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