#B9C262#B9C262

#B9C262 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.121 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C262
RGB	rgb(185, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(66, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 49%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 49.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -16.93, 46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 49.76, 109.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0485 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.121 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5047, 49.7804, 18.9750)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C262 #6B62C2

analogous

#C29B62 #B9C262 #89C262

triadic

#B9C262 #62B9C2 #C262B9

tetradic

#B9C262 #62C29B #6B62C2 #C26289

square

#B9C262 #62C29B #6B62C2 #C26289

split-complementary

#B9C262 #6289C2 #9B62C2

monochromatic

#737A2F #9DA641 #B9C262 #CDD38E #E0E4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#B9C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C262

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C262	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.121 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d491',
    500: '#b9c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c262;
$custom-light: #d0d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 44.037,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78665,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C262

secondary

#B0ACD3

accent

#54D460

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C262

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

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