#B9C83F#B9C83F

#B9C83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.158 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C83F
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 63)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -22.52, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 67.37, 109.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0677 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.158 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5601, 51.9824, 12.5459)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C83F #4E3FC8

analogous

#C8933F #B9C83F #75C83F

triadic

#B9C83F #3FB9C8 #C83FB9

tetradic

#B9C83F #3FC893 #4E3FC8 #C83F75

square

#B9C83F #3FC893 #4E3FC8 #C83F75

split-complementary

#B9C83F #3F75C8 #933FC8

monochromatic

#656D1F #919D2D #B9C83F #CAD66F #DCE39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B9C83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#B9C83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C83F

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C83F	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.158 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d87c',
    500: '#b9c83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c83f;
$custom-light: #d1d87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.569,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79632,
    "c": 0.1575,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C83F

secondary

#3C3477

accent

#49DF59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C83F

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

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