#B9C042#B9C042

#B9C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.147 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C042
RGB	rgb(185, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -18.39, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 62.85, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0559 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.147 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8417, 48.4078, 12.3981)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C042 #4942C0

analogous

#C08842 #B9C042 #7AC042

triadic

#B9C042 #42B9C0 #C042B9

tetradic

#B9C042 #42C088 #4942C0 #C0427A

square

#B9C042 #42C088 #4942C0 #C0427A

split-complementary

#B9C042 #427AC0 #8842C0

monochromatic

#626622 #8E9431 #B9C042 #CACF70 #DBDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#B9C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C042

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C042	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.147 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d27d',
    500: '#b9c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c042;
$custom-light: #d1d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77885,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C042

secondary

#9693CB

accent

#4EDA56

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C042

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

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