#B9C858#B9C858

#B9C858 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.138 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C858
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 88)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 56%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -20.80, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 57.19, 111.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0604 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.138 116)
XYZ	xyz(42.4241, 52.3280, 17.0960)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C858 #6758C8

analogous

#C89F58 #B9C858 #81C858

triadic

#B9C858 #58B9C8 #C858B9

tetradic

#B9C858 #58C89F #6758C8 #C85881

square

#B9C858 #58C89F #6758C8 #C85881

split-complementary

#B9C858 #5881C8 #9F58C8

monochromatic

#717D29 #9BAB38 #B9C858 #CCD786 #E0E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#B9C858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C858

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C858	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.138 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d88b',
    500: '#b9c858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c858;
$custom-light: #d0d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.036,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79864,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.52327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C858

secondary

#493F85

accent

#4EDA61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C858

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

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