#B9C83D#B9C83D

#B9C83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.159 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C83D
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 61)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -22.63, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 68.09, 109.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0682 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.159 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5052, 51.9604, 12.2569)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C83D #4C3DC8

analogous

#C8913D #B9C83D #73C83D

triadic

#B9C83D #3DB9C8 #C83DB9

tetradic

#B9C83D #3DC891 #4C3DC8 #C83D73

square

#B9C83D #3DC891 #4C3DC8 #C83D73

split-complementary

#B9C83D #3D73C8 #913DC8

monochromatic

#646C1F #909C2C #B9C83D #CAD66D #DBE39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B9C83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#B9C83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C83D

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C83D	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)

#D6BE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.159 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d87b',
    500: '#b9c83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c83d;
$custom-light: #d1d87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.475,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79617,
    "c": 0.15881,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C83D

secondary

#3B3476

accent

#49DF59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C83D

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

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