#B9CA2A#B9CA2A

#B9CA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.171 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA2A
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -24.46, 70.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 74.91, 109.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0749 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.171 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5472, 52.7232, 10.1780)
Luminance	0.5272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA2A #3B2ACA

analogous

#CA8B2A #B9CA2A #69CA2A

triadic

#B9CA2A #2AB9CA #CA2AB9

tetradic

#B9CA2A #2ACA8B #3B2ACA #CA2A69

square

#B9CA2A #2ACA8B #3B2ACA #CA2A69

split-complementary

#B9CA2A #2A69CA #8B2ACA

monochromatic

#5C6515 #8B971F #B9CA2A #CDDC55 #DCE688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B9CA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#B9CA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA2A

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA2A	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.171 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da72',
    500: '#b9ca2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca2a;
$custom-light: #d2da72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.375,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7995,
    "c": 0.17134,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA2A

secondary

#31296F

accent

#3FE951

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA2A

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

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