#B9C145#B9C145

#B9C145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.145 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C145
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 69)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 64.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -18.71, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 62.08, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0564 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.145 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1528, 48.8847, 12.9496)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C145 #4D45C1

analogous

#C18B45 #B9C145 #7BC145

triadic

#B9C145 #45B9C1 #C145B9

tetradic

#B9C145 #45C18B #4D45C1 #C1457B

square

#B9C145 #45C18B #4D45C1 #C1457B

split-complementary

#B9C145 #457BC1 #8B45C1

monochromatic

#646923 #909732 #B9C145 #CAD073 #DCE0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B9C145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#B9C145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C145

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C145	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.145 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d37f',
    500: '#b9c145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c145;
$custom-light: #d1d37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78131,
    "c": 0.14548,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C145

secondary

#9996CC

accent

#4EDA57

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C145

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

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