#B9C92E#B9C92E

#B9C92E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.168 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C92E
RGB	rgb(185, 201, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -23.83, 69.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 73.39, 108.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0728 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.168 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3885, 52.2855, 10.4960)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C92E #3E2EC9

analogous

#C98C2E #B9C92E #6BC92E

triadic

#B9C92E #2EB9C9 #C92EB9

tetradic

#B9C92E #2EC98C #3E2EC9 #C92E6B

square

#B9C92E #2EC98C #3E2EC9 #C92E6B

split-complementary

#B9C92E #2E6BC9 #8C2EC9

monochromatic

#5D6517 #8B9723 #B9C92E #CCD95B #DCE58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C92E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#B9C92E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C92E

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C92E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C92E	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c92e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 201, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.168 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d974',
    500: '#b9c92e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c92e;
$custom-light: #d2d974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c92e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.194,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79747,
    "c": 0.16841,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C92E

secondary

#332C70

accent

#42E653

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C92E

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

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