#B9C12E#B9C12E

#B9C12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.160 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C12E
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 76.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -19.90, 67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 70.27, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0619 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.16 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5720, 48.6524, 9.8905)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C12E #362EC1

analogous

#C17F2E #B9C12E #70C12E

triadic

#B9C12E #2EB9C1 #C12EB9

tetradic

#B9C12E #2EC17F #362EC1 #C12E70

square

#B9C12E #2EC17F #362EC1 #C12E70

split-complementary

#B9C12E #2E70C1 #7F2EC1

monochromatic

#5A5E16 #8A9022 #B9C12E #D0D756 #DDE287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B9C12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#B9C12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C12E

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C12E	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)

#D0B804

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.160 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d373',
    500: '#b9c12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c12e;
$custom-light: #d2d373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.265,
    "s": 61.506,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77969,
    "c": 0.16003,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C12E

secondary

#837FCC

accent

#43E54C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C12E

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

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