#B9C442#B9C442

#B9C442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.151 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C442
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -20.38, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 64.54, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0614 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.151 114)
XYZ	xyz(40.7320, 50.1883, 12.6948)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C442 #4D42C4

analogous

#C48E42 #B9C442 #78C442

triadic

#B9C442 #42B9C4 #C442B9

tetradic

#B9C442 #42C48E #4D42C4 #C44278

square

#B9C442 #42C48E #4D42C4 #C44278

split-complementary

#B9C442 #4278C4 #8E42C4

monochromatic

#646A21 #909930 #B9C442 #CAD371 #DCE19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9C442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#B9C442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C442

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C442	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.151 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d57d',
    500: '#b9c442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c442;
$custom-light: #d1d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78768,
    "c": 0.15099,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.50187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C442

secondary

#3B3674

accent

#4CDC58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C442

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

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