#B9C853#B9C853

#B9C853 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.142 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C853
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -21.20, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 59.36, 110.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.062 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.142 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2240, 52.2479, 16.0425)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C853 #6253C8

analogous

#C89C53 #B9C853 #7EC853

triadic

#B9C853 #53B9C8 #C853B9

tetradic

#B9C853 #53C89C #6253C8 #C8537E

square

#B9C853 #53C89C #6253C8 #C8537E

split-complementary

#B9C853 #537EC8 #9C53C8

monochromatic

#6F7A27 #99A836 #B9C853 #CCD781 #DFE6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#B9C853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C853

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C853	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.142 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d888',
    500: '#b9c853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c853;
$custom-light: #d0d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7981,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C853

secondary

#463D82

accent

#4DDB5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C853

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

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