#B9CA48#B9CA48

#B9CA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.153 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA48
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 72)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -22.96, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 64.81, 110.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.068 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.153 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2987, 53.0238, 14.1360)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA48 #5948CA

analogous

#CA9A48 #B9CA48 #78CA48

triadic

#B9CA48 #48B9CA #CA48B9

tetradic

#B9CA48 #48CA9A #5948CA #CA4878

square

#B9CA48 #48CA9A #5948CA #CA4878

split-complementary

#B9CA48 #4878CA #9A48CA

monochromatic

#6B7622 #96A530 #B9CA48 #CBD877 #DDE5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9CA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#B9CA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA48

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA48	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)

#D7C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.153 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da81',
    500: '#b9ca48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca48;
$custom-light: #d1da81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.846,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80149,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA48

secondary

#41387E

accent

#49DE5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA48

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

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