#B9D037#B9D037

#B9D037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.171 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9D037
RGBrgb(185, 208, 55)
HSLhsl(69, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(69, 74%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(11.1%, 0%, 73.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(79.44, -26.81, 68.44)
CIE-LCHlch(79.44, 73.50, 111.39°)
OKLaboklab(81.36% -0.0803 0.1513)
OKLCHoklch(81.36% 0.171 118)
XYZxyz(43.2540, 55.7023, 12.0867)
Luminance0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9D037 #4E37D0
analogous
#D09B37 #B9D037 #6DD037
triadic
#B9D037 #37B9D0 #D037B9
tetradic
#B9D037 #37D09B #4E37D0 #D0376D
square
#B9D037 #37D09B #4E37D0 #D0376D
split-complementary
#B9D037 #376DD0 #9B37D0
monochromatic
#65721B #91A326 #B9D037 #CADC69 #DCE79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73
#B9D037 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14
#B9D037 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D037
12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9D037#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9D0371.001.7312.1412.14
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1421.001.001.00
##00000012.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC516
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC644
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4C4B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9d037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 208, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.171 118.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2de79',
    500: '#b9d037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9d037;
$custom-light: #d2de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9d037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.02,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81363,
    "c": 0.1713,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.55702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9D037
secondary
#3C307B
accent
#43E55B
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFCF2
border
#D4D5CC
text
#15150A
muted
#84847D

Preview Lab

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#B9D037 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva