#B9C944#B9C944

#B9C944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.155 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C944
RGB	rgb(185, 201, 68)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -22.72, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 65.92, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0678 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.155 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9386, 52.5055, 13.3930)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C944 #5444C9

analogous

#C99644 #B9C944 #76C944

triadic

#B9C944 #44B9C9 #C944B9

tetradic

#B9C944 #44C996 #5444C9 #C94476

square

#B9C944 #44C996 #5444C9 #C94476

split-complementary

#B9C944 #4476C9 #9644C9

monochromatic

#687221 #93A12F #B9C944 #CBD773 #DDE4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#B9C944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C944

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C944	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 201, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.155 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d97f',
    500: '#b9c944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c944;
$custom-light: #d1d97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.218,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79893,
    "c": 0.15518,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C944

secondary

#3F367B

accent

#49DF5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C944

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

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