#B9C93A#B9C93A

#B9C93A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.162 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C93A
RGB	rgb(185, 201, 58)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -23.28, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 69.57, 109.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0703 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.162 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6590, 52.3937, 11.9206)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C93A #4A3AC9

analogous

#C9913A #B9C93A #71C93A

triadic

#B9C93A #3AB9C9 #C93AB9

tetradic

#B9C93A #3AC991 #4A3AC9 #C93A71

square

#B9C93A #3AC991 #4A3AC9 #C93A71

split-complementary

#B9C93A #3A71C9 #913AC9

monochromatic

#636B1D #8F9B2B #B9C93A #CAD66A #DBE39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C93A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#B9C93A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C93A

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C93A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C93A	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c93a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 201, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.162 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d97a',
    500: '#b9c93a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c93a;
$custom-light: #d1d97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c93a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.713,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79819,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C93A

secondary

#3A3275

accent

#48E059

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C93A

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

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