#B9CA43#B9CA43

#B9CA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.157 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA43
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 67)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -23.27, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 66.74, 110.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0694 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.157 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1422, 52.9612, 13.3116)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA43 #5443CA

analogous

#CA9843 #B9CA43 #75CA43

triadic

#B9CA43 #43B9CA #CA43B9

tetradic

#B9CA43 #43CA98 #5443CA #CA4375

square

#B9CA43 #43CA98 #5443CA #CA4375

split-complementary

#B9CA43 #4375CA #9843CA

monochromatic

#687220 #93A22E #B9CA43 #CBD773 #DDE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9CA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#B9CA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA43

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA43	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)

#D8C02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.157 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da7e',
    500: '#b9ca43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca43;
$custom-light: #d1da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80108,
    "c": 0.15702,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA43

secondary

#3F367B

accent

#48DF5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA43

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

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