#B9CA50#B9CA50

#B9CA50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.147 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA50
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -22.40, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 61.56, 111.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0657 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.147 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5769, 53.1350, 15.6010)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA50 #6150CA

analogous

#CA9E50 #B9CA50 #7CCA50

triadic

#B9CA50 #50B9CA #CA50B9

tetradic

#B9CA50 #50CA9E #6150CA #CA507C

square

#B9CA50 #50CA9E #6150CA #CA507C

split-complementary

#B9CA50 #507CCA #9E50CA

monochromatic

#6F7A25 #99A933 #B9CA50 #CCD87F #DFE6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9CA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#B9CA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA50

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA50	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.147 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da86',
    500: '#b9ca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca50;
$custom-light: #d1da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.361,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80223,
    "c": 0.14716,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA50

secondary

#453B83

accent

#4BDD5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA50

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

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