#B9C857#B9C857

#B9C857 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.139 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C857
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -20.88, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 57.63, 111.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0607 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.139 116)
XYZ	xyz(42.3829, 52.3115, 16.8794)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C857 #6657C8

analogous

#C89F57 #B9C857 #81C857

triadic

#B9C857 #57B9C8 #C857B9

tetradic

#B9C857 #57C89F #6657C8 #C85781

square

#B9C857 #57C89F #6657C8 #C85781

split-complementary

#B9C857 #5781C8 #9F57C8

monochromatic

#717C29 #9BAA38 #B9C857 #CCD785 #DFE6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#B9C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C857

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C857	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)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.139 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d88a',
    500: '#b9c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c857;
$custom-light: #d0d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.965,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79853,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.52311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C857

secondary

#483F84

accent

#4EDA60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C857

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

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