#B9CC45#B9CC45

#B9CC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.158 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC45
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 69)
HSL	hsl(68, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -24.12, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 66.86, 111.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0716 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.158 117)
XYZ	xyz(42.6755, 53.9302, 13.7905)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC45 #5845CC

analogous

#CC9B45 #B9CC45 #75CC45

triadic

#B9CC45 #45B9CC #CC45B9

tetradic

#B9CC45 #45CC9B #5845CC #CC4575

square

#B9CC45 #45CC9B #5845CC #CC4575

split-complementary

#B9CC45 #4575CC #9B45CC

monochromatic

#6A7620 #95A62E #B9CC45 #CBD975 #DDE6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B9CC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#B9CC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC45

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC45	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.158 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1db80',
    500: '#b9cc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc45;
$custom-light: #d1db80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.444,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80569,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.5393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC45

secondary

#41367F

accent

#48E05D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC45

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

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