#B9CC42#B9CC42

#B9CC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.160 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC42
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -24.30, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 67.98, 110.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0724 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.16 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5848, 53.8939, 13.3124)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC42 #5542CC

analogous

#CC9A42 #B9CC42 #74CC42

triadic

#B9CC42 #42B9CC #CC42B9

tetradic

#B9CC42 #42CC9A #5542CC #CC4274

square

#B9CC42 #42CC9A #5542CC #CC4274

split-complementary

#B9CC42 #4274CC #9A42CC

monochromatic

#69741F #94A42C #B9CC42 #CBD972 #DDE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B9CC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#B9CC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC42

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC42	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.160 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1db7e',
    500: '#b9cc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc42;
$custom-light: #d1db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80545,
    "c": 0.15999,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC42

secondary

#3F357D

accent

#47E15C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC42

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

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