#B9C937#B9C937

#B9C937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.164 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C937
RGB	rgb(185, 201, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -23.43, 66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 70.58, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.071 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.164 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5849, 52.3641, 11.5303)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C937 #4737C9

analogous

#C99037 #B9C937 #70C937

triadic

#B9C937 #37B9C9 #C937B9

tetradic

#B9C937 #37C990 #4737C9 #C93770

square

#B9C937 #37C990 #4737C9 #C93770

split-complementary

#B9C937 #3770C9 #9037C9

monochromatic

#61691C #8D9929 #B9C937 #CAD667 #DBE397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#B9C937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C937

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C937	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)

#D7BF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 201, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.164 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d978',
    500: '#b9c937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c937;
$custom-light: #d2d978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.575,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79799,
    "c": 0.1636,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C937

secondary

#383173

accent

#47E158

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C937

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

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