#B9C849#B9C849

#B9C849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.150 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C849
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -21.91, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 63.52, 110.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.065 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.15 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8654, 52.1045, 14.1538)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C849 #5849C8

analogous

#C89749 #B9C849 #79C849

triadic

#B9C849 #49B9C8 #C849B9

tetradic

#B9C849 #49C897 #5849C8 #C84979

square

#B9C849 #49C897 #5849C8 #C84979

split-complementary

#B9C849 #4979C8 #9749C8

monochromatic

#6A7423 #95A331 #B9C849 #CBD678 #DDE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B9C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#B9C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C849

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C849	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.150 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d882',
    500: '#b9c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c849;
$custom-light: #d1d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.087,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79714,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C849

secondary

#41397D

accent

#4BDD5C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C849

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

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