#B9C852#B9C852

#B9C852 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.143 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C852
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -21.27, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 59.79, 110.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0623 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.143 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1857, 52.2326, 15.8406)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C852 #6152C8

analogous

#C89C52 #B9C852 #7EC852

triadic

#B9C852 #52B9C8 #C852B9

tetradic

#B9C852 #52C89C #6152C8 #C8527E

square

#B9C852 #52C89C #6152C8 #C8527E

split-complementary

#B9C852 #527EC8 #9C52C8

monochromatic

#6F7927 #99A835 #B9C852 #CCD780 #DFE6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#B9C852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C852

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C852	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.143 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d887',
    500: '#b9c852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c852;
$custom-light: #d0d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.627,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.798,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C852

secondary

#453D82

accent

#4DDB5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C852

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

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