#B9C044#B9C044

#B9C044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.145 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C044
RGB	rgb(185, 192, 68)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 64.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -18.27, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 62.06, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0553 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.145 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9017, 48.4318, 12.7140)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C044 #4B44C0

analogous

#C08944 #B9C044 #7BC044

triadic

#B9C044 #44B9C0 #C044B9

tetradic

#B9C044 #44C089 #4B44C0 #C0447B

square

#B9C044 #44C089 #4B44C0 #C0447B

split-complementary

#B9C044 #447BC0 #8944C0

monochromatic

#636723 #8F9532 #B9C044 #CACF72 #DBDFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9C044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#B9C044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C044

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C044	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.145 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d27e',
    500: '#b9c044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c044;
$custom-light: #d1d27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.387,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77902,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C044

secondary

#9894CB

accent

#4FD956

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C044

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

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