#B9C52E#B9C52E

#B9C52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.164 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C52E
RGB	rgb(185, 197, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 76.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -21.87, 68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 71.82, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0674 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.164 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4682, 50.4448, 10.1893)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C52E #3A2EC5

analogous

#C5852E #B9C52E #6EC52E

triadic

#B9C52E #2EB9C5 #C52EB9

tetradic

#B9C52E #2EC585 #3A2EC5 #C52E6E

square

#B9C52E #2EC585 #3A2EC5 #C52E6E

split-complementary

#B9C52E #2E6EC5 #852EC5

monochromatic

#5C6217 #8A9322 #B9C52E #CED858 #DCE48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B9C52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#B9C52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C52E

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C52E	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 197, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.164 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d673',
    500: '#b9c52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c52e;
$custom-light: #d2d673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.768,
    "s": 62.14,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78856,
    "c": 0.16419,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C52E

secondary

#302B6C

accent

#43E550

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C52E

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

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