#B9CA4E#B9CA4E

#B9CA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.149 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA4E
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -22.55, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 62.39, 111.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0663 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.149 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5041, 53.1059, 15.2176)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA4E #5F4ECA

analogous

#CA9D4E #B9CA4E #7BCA4E

triadic

#B9CA4E #4EB9CA #CA4EB9

tetradic

#B9CA4E #4ECA9D #5F4ECA #CA4E7B

square

#B9CA4E #4ECA9D #5F4ECA #CA4E7B

split-complementary

#B9CA4E #4E7BCA #9D4ECA

monochromatic

#6E7924 #98A832 #B9CA4E #CCD87D #DEE6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#B9CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA4E

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA4E	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.149 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da85',
    500: '#b9ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca4e;
$custom-light: #d1da85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.226,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80204,
    "c": 0.14877,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA4E

secondary

#443B82

accent

#4BDD5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA4E

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

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