#B9C836#B9C836

#B9C836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.163 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C836
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -22.99, 66.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 70.50, 109.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0698 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.163 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3288, 51.8899, 11.3279)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C836 #4536C8

analogous

#C88E36 #B9C836 #70C836

triadic

#B9C836 #36B9C8 #C836B9

tetradic

#B9C836 #36C88E #4536C8 #C83670

square

#B9C836 #36C88E #4536C8 #C83670

split-complementary

#B9C836 #3670C8 #8E36C8

monochromatic

#60681C #8C9829 #B9C836 #CAD666 #DBE396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B9C836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#B9C836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C836

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C836	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)

#D6BE18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.163 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d878',
    500: '#b9c836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c836;
$custom-light: #d2d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.164,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7957,
    "c": 0.16308,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C836

secondary

#373072

accent

#47E157

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C836

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

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