#B9C930#B9C930

#B9C930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.167 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C930
RGB	rgb(185, 201, 48)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -23.74, 68.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 72.80, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0724 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.167 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4289, 52.3016, 10.7085)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C930 #4030C9

analogous

#C98D30 #B9C930 #6CC930

triadic

#B9C930 #30B9C9 #C930B9

tetradic

#B9C930 #30C98D #4030C9 #C9306C

square

#B9C930 #30C98D #4030C9 #C9306C

split-complementary

#B9C930 #306CC9 #8D30C9

monochromatic

#5E6618 #8C9824 #B9C930 #CCD85E #DBE48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#B9C930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C930

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C930	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)

#D7BE04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 201, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.167 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d975',
    500: '#b9c930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c930;
$custom-light: #d2d975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.275,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79757,
    "c": 0.16741,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C930

secondary

#342D70

accent

#43E554

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C930

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

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