#B9C54E#B9C54E

#B9C54E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.143 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C54E
RGB	rgb(185, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -20.09, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 60.13, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0594 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.143 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3499, 50.7975, 14.8329)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C54E #5A4EC5

analogous

#C5964E #B9C54E #7EC54E

triadic

#B9C54E #4EB9C5 #C54EB9

tetradic

#B9C54E #4EC596 #5A4EC5 #C54E7E

square

#B9C54E #4EC596 #5A4EC5 #C54E7E

split-complementary

#B9C54E #4E7EC5 #964EC5

monochromatic

#6B7326 #96A135 #B9C54E #CBD47C #DDE3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9C54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#B9C54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C54E

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C54E	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.143 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d684',
    500: '#b9c54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c54e;
$custom-light: #d1d684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.05,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79097,
    "c": 0.14293,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C54E

secondary

#423B7C

accent

#4EDA5C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C54E

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

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