#B9CA45#B9CA45

#B9CA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.156 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA45
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 69)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -23.15, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 65.98, 110.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0689 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.156 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2032, 52.9856, 13.6331)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA45 #5645CA

analogous

#CA9845 #B9CA45 #76CA45

triadic

#B9CA45 #45B9CA #CA45B9

tetradic

#B9CA45 #45CA98 #5645CA #CA4576

square

#B9CA45 #45CA98 #5645CA #CA4576

split-complementary

#B9CA45 #4576CA #9845CA

monochromatic

#697421 #94A32F #B9CA45 #CBD875 #DDE5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9CA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#B9CA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA45

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA45	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.156 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da80',
    500: '#b9ca45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca45;
$custom-light: #d1da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.669,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80124,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA45

secondary

#40377D

accent

#49DF5C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA45

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

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