#B9CA40#B9CA40

#B9CA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.159 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA40
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -23.44, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 67.85, 110.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0702 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.159 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0545, 52.9261, 12.8498)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA40 #5140CA

analogous

#CA9640 #B9CA40 #74CA40

triadic

#B9CA40 #40B9CA #CA40B9

tetradic

#B9CA40 #40CA96 #5140CA #CA4074

square

#B9CA40 #40CA96 #5140CA #CA4074

split-complementary

#B9CA40 #4074CA #9640CA

monochromatic

#66701F #92A02C #B9CA40 #CBD770 #DCE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9CA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#B9CA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA40

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA40	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.159 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da7d',
    500: '#b9ca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca40;
$custom-light: #d1da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.391,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80084,
    "c": 0.15907,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA40

secondary

#3D357A

accent

#48E05B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA40

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

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