#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
RGB	rgb(185, 208, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 73.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -26.81, 68.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 73.50, 111.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0803 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.171 118)
XYZ	xyz(43.2540, 55.7023, 12.0867)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B9D037	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B9D037

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →