#B9CA46#B9CA46

#B9CA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.155 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA46
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 70)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -23.08, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 65.59, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0686 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.155 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2345, 52.9981, 13.7979)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA46 #5746CA

analogous

#CA9946 #B9CA46 #77CA46

triadic

#B9CA46 #46B9CA #CA46B9

tetradic

#B9CA46 #46CA99 #5746CA #CA4677

square

#B9CA46 #46CA99 #5746CA #CA4677

split-complementary

#B9CA46 #4677CA #9946CA

monochromatic

#6A7421 #95A42F #B9CA46 #CBD876 #DDE5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9CA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#B9CA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA46

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA46	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)

#D7C034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.155 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da80',
    500: '#b9ca46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca46;
$custom-light: #d1da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.727,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80132,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA46

secondary

#40377D

accent

#49DF5C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA46

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

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