#B9C950#B9C950

#B9C950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.146 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C950
RGB	rgb(185, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -21.91, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 61.10, 111.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0643 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.146 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3430, 52.6673, 15.5231)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C950 #6050C9

analogous

#C99D50 #B9C950 #7CC950

triadic

#B9C950 #50B9C9 #C950B9

tetradic

#B9C950 #50C99D #6050C9 #C9507C

square

#B9C950 #50C99D #6050C9 #C9507C

split-complementary

#B9C950 #507CC9 #9D50C9

monochromatic

#6E7925 #99A834 #B9C950 #CCD77F #DEE6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B9C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#B9C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C950

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C950	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.146 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d986',
    500: '#b9c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c950;
$custom-light: #d1d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.934,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80001,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C950

secondary

#453C82

accent

#4CDC5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C950

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

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