#B9C94C#B9C94C

#B9C94C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.149 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C94C
RGB	rgb(185, 201, 76)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 62.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -22.20, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 62.75, 110.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0655 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.149 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1996, 52.6099, 14.7678)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C94C #5C4CC9

analogous

#C99B4C #B9C94C #7BC94C

triadic

#B9C94C #4CB9C9 #C94CB9

tetradic

#B9C94C #4CC99B #5C4CC9 #C94C7B

square

#B9C94C #4CC99B #5C4CC9 #C94C7B

split-complementary

#B9C94C #4C7BC9 #9B4CC9

monochromatic

#6C7724 #97A632 #B9C94C #CBD77B #DEE5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B9C94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#B9C94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C94C

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C94C	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 201, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.149 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d984',
    500: '#b9c94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c94c;
$custom-light: #d1d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.68,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79963,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C94C

secondary

#433A7F

accent

#4BDD5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C94C

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

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