#B9CA38#B9CA38

#B9CA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.164 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA38
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -23.87, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 70.66, 109.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0721 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.164 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8430, 52.8415, 11.7358)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA38 #4938CA

analogous

#CA9238 #B9CA38 #70CA38

triadic

#B9CA38 #38B9CA #CA38B9

tetradic

#B9CA38 #38CA92 #4938CA #CA3870

square

#B9CA38 #38CA92 #4938CA #CA3870

split-complementary

#B9CA38 #3870CA #9238CA

monochromatic

#626B1D #8E9B29 #B9CA38 #CAD768 #DBE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B9CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#B9CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA38

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA38	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.164 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da79',
    500: '#b9ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca38;
$custom-light: #d2da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.986,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80028,
    "c": 0.1641,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA38

secondary

#393175

accent

#47E159

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA38

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

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