#B9CA15#B9CA15

#B9CA15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.178 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA15
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 21)
HSL	hsl(66, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -25.04, 75.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 79.40, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0776 0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.179 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2647, 52.6102, 8.6903)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA15 #2615CA

analogous

#CA8015 #B9CA15 #5FCA15

triadic

#B9CA15 #15B9CA #CA15B9

tetradic

#B9CA15 #15CA80 #2615CA #CA155F

square

#B9CA15 #15CA80 #2615CA #CA155F

split-complementary

#B9CA15 #155FCA #8015CA

monochromatic

#535B09 #86930F #B9CA15 #D9EA32 #E3EF6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B9CA15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#B9CA15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA15

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA15	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)

#D9BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.178 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da6c',
    500: '#b9ca15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca15;
$custom-light: #d3da6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.635,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79875,
    "c": 0.1785,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA15

secondary

#231C67

accent

#30F843

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA15

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

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