#B9C62F#B9C62F

#B9C62F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.165 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C62F
RGB	rgb(185, 198, 47)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 76.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -22.32, 68.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 71.91, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0686 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.165 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7160, 50.9085, 10.3702)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C62F #3C2FC6

analogous

#C6882F #B9C62F #6DC62F

triadic

#B9C62F #2FB9C6 #C62FB9

tetradic

#B9C62F #2FC688 #3C2FC6 #C62F6D

square

#B9C62F #2FC688 #3C2FC6 #C62F6D

split-complementary

#B9C62F #2F6DC6 #882FC6

monochromatic

#5D6318 #8B9523 #B9C62F #CDD85A #DCE48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9C62F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#B9C62F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C62F

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C62F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C62F	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c62f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 198, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.165 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d774',
    500: '#b9c62f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c62f;
$custom-light: #d2d774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c62f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.166,
    "s": 61.633,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79084,
    "c": 0.16473,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C62F

secondary

#312C6E

accent

#43E551

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C62F

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

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