#B9C22D#B9C22D

#B9C22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.162 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C22D
RGB	rgb(185, 194, 45)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 76.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -20.43, 67.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 70.96, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0635 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.162 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7743, 49.0882, 9.8619)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C22D #362DC2

analogous

#C2812D #B9C22D #6FC22D

triadic

#B9C22D #2DB9C2 #C22DB9

tetradic

#B9C22D #2DC281 #362DC2 #C22D6F

square

#B9C22D #2DC281 #362DC2 #C22D6F

split-complementary

#B9C22D #2D6FC2 #812DC2

monochromatic

#5A5F16 #8A9021 #B9C22D #D0D755 #DDE386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B9C22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#B9C22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C22D

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C22D	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 194, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.162 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d473',
    500: '#b9c22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c22d;
$custom-light: #d2d473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.624,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78185,
    "c": 0.16156,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C22D

secondary

#837ECD

accent

#42E54C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C22D

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

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