#B9C42F#B9C42F

#B9C42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.163 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C42F
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 47)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -21.34, 67.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 71.13, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0659 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.163 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2618, 50.0002, 10.2189)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C42F #3A2FC4

analogous

#C4852F #B9C42F #6EC42F

triadic

#B9C42F #2FB9C4 #C42FB9

tetradic

#B9C42F #2FC485 #3A2FC4 #C42F6E

square

#B9C42F #2FC485 #3A2FC4 #C42F6E

split-complementary

#B9C42F #2F6EC4 #852FC4

monochromatic

#5C6117 #8A9323 #B9C42F #CED759 #DCE38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9C42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#B9C42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C42F

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C42F	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.163 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d574',
    500: '#b9c42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c42f;
$custom-light: #d2d574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.43,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78639,
    "c": 0.16263,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C42F

secondary

#8782CD

accent

#43E44F

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAED

border

#D3D3C8

text

#151409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C42F

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

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