#B9C545#B9C545

#B9C545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.150 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C545
RGB	rgb(185, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -20.69, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 63.80, 108.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.062 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.15 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0490, 50.6772, 13.2483)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C545 #5145C5

analogous

#C59145 #B9C545 #79C545

triadic

#B9C545 #45B9C5 #C545B9

tetradic

#B9C545 #45C591 #5145C5 #C54579

square

#B9C545 #45C591 #5145C5 #C54579

split-complementary

#B9C545 #4579C5 #9145C5

monochromatic

#666D22 #929C31 #B9C545 #CBD474 #DCE2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B9C545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#B9C545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C545

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C545	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.150 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d67f',
    500: '#b9c545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c545;
$custom-light: #d1d67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79015,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C545

secondary

#3D3777

accent

#4CDC59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C545

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

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