#B9D233#B9D233

#B9D233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.176 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D233
RGB	rgb(185, 210, 51)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 75.7%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -27.94, 70.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 75.58, 111.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0838 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.176 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6527, 56.6469, 11.7656)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D233 #4C33D2

analogous

#D29B33 #B9D233 #69D233

triadic

#B9D233 #33B9D2 #D233B9

tetradic

#B9D233 #33D29B #4C33D2 #D23369

square

#B9D233 #33D29B #4C33D2 #D23369

split-complementary

#B9D233 #3369D2 #9B33D2

monochromatic

#647219 #90A424 #B9D233 #CADD65 #DBE897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B9D233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#B9D233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D233

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D233	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 210, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.176 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df77',
    500: '#b9d233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d233;
$custom-light: #d2df77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.434,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81788,
    "c": 0.17566,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D233

secondary

#3B2F7A

accent

#41E75B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D233

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

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