#B9C855#B9C855

#B9C855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.141 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C855
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -21.04, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 58.50, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0614 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.141 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3023, 52.2793, 16.4550)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C855 #6455C8

analogous

#C89D55 #B9C855 #7FC855

triadic

#B9C855 #55B9C8 #C855B9

tetradic

#B9C855 #55C89D #6455C8 #C8557F

square

#B9C855 #55C89D #6455C8 #C8557F

split-complementary

#B9C855 #557FC8 #9D55C8

monochromatic

#707B28 #9AA937 #B9C855 #CCD783 #DFE6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#B9C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C855

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C855	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.141 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d889',
    500: '#b9c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c855;
$custom-light: #d0d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79831,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C855

secondary

#473E83

accent

#4DDB60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C855

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

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