#B9C052#B9C052

#B9C052 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.134 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C052
RGB	rgb(185, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 57.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -17.29, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 56.16, 107.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0511 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.134 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3812, 48.6236, 15.2391)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C052 #5952C0

analogous

#C09052 #B9C052 #82C052

triadic

#B9C052 #52B9C0 #C052B9

tetradic

#B9C052 #52C090 #5952C0 #C05282

square

#B9C052 #52C090 #5952C0 #C05282

split-complementary

#B9C052 #5282C0 #9052C0

monochromatic

#6B6F28 #969C39 #B9C052 #CBD07F #DDE1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B9C052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#B9C052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C052

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C052	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.134 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d287',
    500: '#b9c052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c052;
$custom-light: #d0d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.818,
    "s": 46.61,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78037,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C052

secondary

#A29FCE

accent

#52D65A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C052

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

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