#B9CA53#B9CA53

#B9CA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.145 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA53
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -22.18, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 60.29, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0648 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.145 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6902, 53.1804, 16.1979)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA53 #6453CA

analogous

#CA9F53 #B9CA53 #7DCA53

triadic

#B9CA53 #53B9CA #CA53B9

tetradic

#B9CA53 #53CA9F #6453CA #CA537D

square

#B9CA53 #53CA9F #6453CA #CA537D

split-complementary

#B9CA53 #537DCA #9F53CA

monochromatic

#707C26 #9AAB35 #B9CA53 #CCD882 #DFE7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#B9CA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA53

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA53	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.145 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0da88',
    500: '#b9ca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca53;
$custom-light: #d0da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80253,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA53

secondary

#473D84

accent

#4CDC60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA53

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

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