#B9C12F#B9C12F

#B9C12F 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	#B9C12F
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 47)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 75.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -19.86, 67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 69.96, 106.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0617 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.16 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5919, 48.6604, 9.9956)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C12F #372FC1

analogous

#C1802F #B9C12F #70C12F

triadic

#B9C12F #2FB9C1 #C12FB9

tetradic

#B9C12F #2FC180 #372FC1 #C12F70

square

#B9C12F #2FC180 #372FC1 #C12F70

split-complementary

#B9C12F #2F70C1 #802FC1

monochromatic

#5B5F17 #8A9023 #B9C12F #CFD657 #DDE288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B9C12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#B9C12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C12F

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C12F	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)

#D0B808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.160 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d373',
    500: '#b9c12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c12f;
$custom-light: #d2d373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.288,
    "s": 60.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77974,
    "c": 0.15951,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C12F

secondary

#8480CC

accent

#44E44D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C12F

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

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