#B9CA3E#B9CA3E

#B9CA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.160 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA3E
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 62)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -23.55, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 68.58, 110.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0707 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.16 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9986, 52.9037, 12.5555)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA3E #4F3ECA

analogous

#CA953E #B9CA3E #73CA3E

triadic

#B9CA3E #3EB9CA #CA3EB9

tetradic

#B9CA3E #3ECA95 #4F3ECA #CA3E73

square

#B9CA3E #3ECA95 #4F3ECA #CA3E73

split-complementary

#B9CA3E #3E73CA #953ECA

monochromatic

#656F1F #919F2C #B9CA3E #CAD76E #DCE49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9CA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#B9CA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA3E

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA3E	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.160 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da7c',
    500: '#b9ca3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca3e;
$custom-light: #d1da7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.286,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8007,
    "c": 0.16038,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA3E

secondary

#3C3478

accent

#48E05A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA3E

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

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