#B9C43A#B9C43A

#B9C43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.156 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C43A
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 58)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -20.83, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 67.50, 107.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0635 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.156 114)
XYZ	xyz(40.5124, 50.1004, 11.5384)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C43A #453AC4

analogous

#C48A3A #B9C43A #74C43A

triadic

#B9C43A #3AB9C4 #C43AB9

tetradic

#B9C43A #3AC48A #453AC4 #C43A74

square

#B9C43A #3AC48A #453AC4 #C43A74

split-complementary

#B9C43A #3A74C4 #8A3AC4

monochromatic

#60661E #8C952C #B9C43A #CAD369 #DBE098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9C43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#B9C43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C43A

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C43A	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.156 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d579',
    500: '#b9c43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c43a;
$custom-light: #d1d579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.783,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78708,
    "c": 0.15634,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C43A

secondary

#373270

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C43A

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

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