#B9C842#B9C842

#B9C842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.155 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C842
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -22.35, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 66.25, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0669 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.155 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6462, 52.0168, 12.9996)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C842 #5142C8

analogous

#C89442 #B9C842 #76C842

triadic

#B9C842 #42B9C8 #C842B9

tetradic

#B9C842 #42C894 #5142C8 #C84276

square

#B9C842 #42C894 #5142C8 #C84276

split-complementary

#B9C842 #4276C8 #9442C8

monochromatic

#666F20 #929F2E #B9C842 #CBD671 #DCE4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B9C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#B9C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C842

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C842	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.155 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d87e',
    500: '#b9c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c842;
$custom-light: #d1d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.716,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79655,
    "c": 0.15546,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C842

secondary

#3D3679

accent

#4ADE5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C842

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

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