#B9C548#B9C548

#B9C548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.148 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C548
RGB	rgb(185, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 63.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -20.50, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 62.60, 109.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0612 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.148 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1445, 50.7154, 13.7512)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C548 #5448C5

analogous

#C59248 #B9C548 #7AC548

triadic

#B9C548 #48B9C5 #C548B9

tetradic

#B9C548 #48C592 #5448C5 #C5487A

square

#B9C548 #48C592 #5448C5 #C5487A

split-complementary

#B9C548 #487AC5 #9248C5

monochromatic

#686F23 #939E32 #B9C548 #CBD476 #DDE2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9C548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#B9C548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C548

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C548	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	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)

#D3BC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.148 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d681',
    500: '#b9c548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c548;
$custom-light: #d1d681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.76,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79041,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C548

secondary

#3F3879

accent

#4CDB5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C548

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

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