#B9C83A#B9C83A

#B9C83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.161 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C83A
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 58)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -22.79, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 69.15, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0689 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.161 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4267, 51.9290, 11.8432)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C83A #493AC8

analogous

#C8903A #B9C83A #72C83A

triadic

#B9C83A #3AB9C8 #C83AB9

tetradic

#B9C83A #3AC890 #493AC8 #C83A72

square

#B9C83A #3AC890 #493AC8 #C83A72

split-complementary

#B9C83A #3A72C8 #903AC8

monochromatic

#626A1E #8E9A2B #B9C83A #CAD56A #DBE39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B9C83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#B9C83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C83A

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C83A	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.161 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d879',
    500: '#b9c83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c83a;
$custom-light: #d1d879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.338,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79596,
    "c": 0.1607,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C83A

secondary

#393274

accent

#48E058

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C83A

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

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