#B9C744#B9C744

#B9C744 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.153 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C744
RGB	rgb(185, 199, 68)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 65.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -21.74, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 65.05, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.065 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.153 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4754, 51.5792, 13.2386)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C744 #5244C7

analogous

#C79344 #B9C744 #78C744

triadic

#B9C744 #44B9C7 #C744B9

tetradic

#B9C744 #44C793 #5244C7 #C74478

square

#B9C744 #44C793 #5244C7 #C74478

split-complementary

#B9C744 #4478C7 #9344C7

monochromatic

#676F21 #939E2F #B9C744 #CBD573 #DCE3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9C744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#B9C744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C744

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C744	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 199, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.153 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d77f',
    500: '#b9c744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c744;
$custom-light: #d1d77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.412,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79449,
    "c": 0.15293,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C744

secondary

#3E3779

accent

#4BDD5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C744

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

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