#B9C122#B9C122

#B9C122 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.165 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C122
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 34)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 82.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -20.32, 70.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 73.56, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.064 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.165 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3676, 48.5707, 8.8143)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C122 #2A22C1

analogous

#C17A22 #B9C122 #6AC122

triadic

#B9C122 #22B9C1 #C122B9

tetradic

#B9C122 #22C17A #2A22C1 #C1226A

square

#B9C122 #22C17A #2A22C1 #C1226A

split-complementary

#B9C122 #226AC1 #7A22C1

monochromatic

#555910 #878D19 #B9C122 #D6DE42 #E1E776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B9C122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#B9C122 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C122

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C122	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.165 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d36e',
    500: '#b9c122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c122;
$custom-light: #d2d36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.019,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77911,
    "c": 0.1654,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C122

secondary

#7571CE

accent

#3BED44

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C122

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

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