#B9C91A#B9C91A

#B9C91A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.176 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C91A
RGB	rgb(185, 201, 26)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 87.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -24.45, 74.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 78.18, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0758 0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.176 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0820, 52.1629, 8.8814)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C91A #2A1AC9

analogous

#C9821A #B9C91A #61C91A

triadic

#B9C91A #1AB9C9 #C91AB9

tetradic

#B9C91A #1AC982 #2A1AC9 #C91A61

square

#B9C91A #1AC982 #2A1AC9 #C91A61

split-complementary

#B9C91A #1A61C9 #821AC9

monochromatic

#555D0C #879313 #B9C91A #D6E63B #E1ED71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B9C91A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#B9C91A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C91A

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C91A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C91A	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c91a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 201, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.176 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d96d',
    500: '#b9c91a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c91a;
$custom-light: #d2d96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c91a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.486,
    "s": 77.093,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79665,
    "c": 0.17617,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C91A

secondary

#261F68

accent

#34F446

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C91A

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

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