#B9C838#B9C838

#B9C838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.162 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C838
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -22.89, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 69.84, 109.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0694 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.162 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3768, 51.9090, 11.5804)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C838 #4738C8

analogous

#C88F38 #B9C838 #71C838

triadic

#B9C838 #38B9C8 #C838B9

tetradic

#B9C838 #38C88F #4738C8 #C83871

square

#B9C838 #38C88F #4738C8 #C83871

split-complementary

#B9C838 #3871C8 #8F38C8

monochromatic

#61691D #8D992A #B9C838 #CAD568 #DBE398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B9C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#B9C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C838

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C838	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)

#D6BE1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.162 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d878',
    500: '#b9c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c838;
$custom-light: #d2d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79583,
    "c": 0.16191,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C838

secondary

#383273

accent

#48E058

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C838

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

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