#B9D235#B9D235

#B9D235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.175 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D235
RGB	rgb(185, 210, 53)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 74.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -27.85, 69.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 74.97, 111.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0834 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.175 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6978, 56.6649, 12.0029)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D235 #4E35D2

analogous

#D29D35 #B9D235 #6BD235

triadic

#B9D235 #35B9D2 #D235B9

tetradic

#B9D235 #35D29D #4E35D2 #D2356B

square

#B9D235 #35D29D #4E35D2 #D2356B

split-complementary

#B9D235 #356BD2 #9D35D2

monochromatic

#65731A #91A525 #B9D235 #CADD67 #DCE899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B9D235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#B9D235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D235

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D235	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)

#E0C60E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 210, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.175 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df78',
    500: '#b9d235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d235;
$custom-light: #d2df78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.554,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81799,
    "c": 0.17462,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D235

secondary

#3C307C

accent

#41E75C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D235

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

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