#B9CC49#B9CC49

#B9CC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.155 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC49
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -23.86, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 65.31, 111.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0705 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.155 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8039, 53.9815, 14.4666)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC49 #5C49CC

analogous

#CC9D49 #B9CC49 #78CC49

triadic

#B9CC49 #49B9CC #CC49B9

tetradic

#B9CC49 #49CC9D #5C49CC #CC4978

square

#B9CC49 #49CC9D #5C49CC #CC4978

split-complementary

#B9CC49 #4978CC #9D49CC

monochromatic

#6C7922 #97A92F #B9CC49 #CBD979 #DEE7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B9CC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#B9CC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC49

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC49	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.155 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1db82',
    500: '#b9cc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc49;
$custom-light: #d1db82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.702,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80603,
    "c": 0.15499,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC49

secondary

#433881

accent

#48E05E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC49

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

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