#B9CA52#B9CA52

#B9CA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.145 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA52
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -22.25, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 60.72, 111.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0651 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.146 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6519, 53.1650, 15.9960)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA52 #6352CA

analogous

#CA9F52 #B9CA52 #7DCA52

triadic

#B9CA52 #52B9CA #CA52B9

tetradic

#B9CA52 #52CA9F #6352CA #CA527D

square

#B9CA52 #52CA9F #6352CA #CA527D

split-complementary

#B9CA52 #527DCA #9F52CA

monochromatic

#707C26 #9AAB34 #B9CA52 #CCD881 #DFE7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B9CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#B9CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA52

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA52	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)

#D7C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.145 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da87',
    500: '#b9ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca52;
$custom-light: #d1da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80243,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA52

secondary

#473C84

accent

#4BDD60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA52

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

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