#B9D237#B9D237

#B9D237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.174 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D237
RGB	rgb(185, 210, 55)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 73.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -27.76, 68.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 74.35, 111.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0829 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.174 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7447, 56.6837, 12.2502)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D237 #5037D2

analogous

#D29D37 #B9D237 #6CD237

triadic

#B9D237 #37B9D2 #D237B9

tetradic

#B9D237 #37D29D #5037D2 #D2376C

square

#B9D237 #37D29D #5037D2 #D2376C

split-complementary

#B9D237 #376CD2 #9D37D2

monochromatic

#66741A #92A625 #B9D237 #CADD69 #DCE89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B9D237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#B9D237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D237

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D237	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 210, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.174 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df79',
    500: '#b9d237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d237;
$custom-light: #d2df79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81811,
    "c": 0.17353,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D237

secondary

#3D307D

accent

#41E65C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D237

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

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