#B9C856#B9C856

#B9C856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.140 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C856
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -20.96, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 58.06, 111.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.061 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.14 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3423, 52.2953, 16.6657)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C856 #6556C8

analogous

#C89E56 #B9C856 #80C856

triadic

#B9C856 #56B9C8 #C856B9

tetradic

#B9C856 #56C89E #6556C8 #C85680

square

#B9C856 #56C89E #6556C8 #C85680

split-complementary

#B9C856 #5680C8 #9E56C8

monochromatic

#707B28 #9BAA37 #B9C856 #CCD784 #DFE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#B9C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C856

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C856	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)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.140 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d88a',
    500: '#b9c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c856;
$custom-light: #d0d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.895,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79842,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C856

secondary

#483F84

accent

#4DDA60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C856

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

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