#B9C940#B9C940

#B9C940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.158 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C940
RGB	rgb(185, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -22.96, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 67.43, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0688 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.158 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8207, 52.4584, 12.7719)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C940 #5040C9

analogous

#C99440 #B9C940 #75C940

triadic

#B9C940 #40B9C9 #C940B9

tetradic

#B9C940 #40C994 #5040C9 #C94075

square

#B9C940 #40C994 #5040C9 #C94075

split-complementary

#B9C940 #4075C9 #9440C9

monochromatic

#666F1F #929F2D #B9C940 #CAD670 #DCE49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#B9C940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C940

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C940	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.158 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d97d',
    500: '#b9c940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c940;
$custom-light: #d1d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.007,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79862,
    "c": 0.15795,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C940

secondary

#3D3578

accent

#49DF5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C940

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

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