#B9C52A#B9C52A

#B9C52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.166 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C52A
RGB	rgb(185, 197, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -22.03, 69.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 72.97, 107.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0681 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.166 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3930, 50.4148, 9.7932)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C52A #362AC5

analogous

#C5842A #B9C52A #6CC52A

triadic

#B9C52A #2AB9C5 #C52AB9

tetradic

#B9C52A #2AC584 #362AC5 #C52A6C

square

#B9C52A #2AC584 #362AC5 #C52A6C

split-complementary

#B9C52A #2A6CC5 #842AC5

monochromatic

#5A6014 #8A931F #B9C52A #D0DA52 #DDE585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B9C52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#B9C52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C52A

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C52A	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 197, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.166 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d672',
    500: '#b9c52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c52a;
$custom-light: #d2d672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.645,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78835,
    "c": 0.1661,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C52A

secondary

#2D286B

accent

#40E84D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C52A

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

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