#B9C12C#B9C12C

#B9C12C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.161 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C12C
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 77.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -19.98, 68.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 70.87, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0623 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.161 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5335, 48.6370, 9.6877)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C12C #342CC1

analogous

#C17E2C #B9C12C #6FC12C

triadic

#B9C12C #2CB9C1 #C12CB9

tetradic

#B9C12C #2CC17E #342CC1 #C12C6F

square

#B9C12C #2CC17E #342CC1 #C12C6F

split-complementary

#B9C12C #2C6FC1 #7E2CC1

monochromatic

#595D15 #898F21 #B9C12C #D1D853 #DEE384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B9C12C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#B9C12C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C12C

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C12C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C12C	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c12c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.161 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d372',
    500: '#b9c12c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c12c;
$custom-light: #d2d372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c12c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.221,
    "s": 62.869,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77958,
    "c": 0.16103,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C12C

secondary

#817DCC

accent

#42E64B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C12C

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

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