#B9CA49#B9CA49

#B9CA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.153 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA49
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -22.89, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 64.41, 110.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0678 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.153 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3316, 53.0369, 14.3092)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA49 #5A49CA

analogous

#CA9B49 #B9CA49 #79CA49

triadic

#B9CA49 #49B9CA #CA49B9

tetradic

#B9CA49 #49CA9B #5A49CA #CA4979

square

#B9CA49 #49CA9B #5A49CA #CA4979

split-complementary

#B9CA49 #4979CA #9B49CA

monochromatic

#6B7622 #96A630 #B9CA49 #CBD878 #DDE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#B9CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA49

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA49	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.153 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da82',
    500: '#b9ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca49;
$custom-light: #d1da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.907,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80158,
    "c": 0.15267,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA49

secondary

#42387F

accent

#4ADE5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA49

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

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