#B9CC52#B9CC52

#B9CC52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.148 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC52
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 82)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 59.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -23.23, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 61.64, 112.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0678 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.148 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1242, 54.1097, 16.1534)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC52 #6552CC

analogous

#CCA252 #B9CC52 #7CCC52

triadic

#B9CC52 #52B9CC #CC52B9

tetradic

#B9CC52 #52CCA2 #6552CC #CC527C

square

#B9CC52 #52CCA2 #6552CC #CC527C

split-complementary

#B9CC52 #527CCC #A252CC

monochromatic

#707E25 #9BAE33 #B9CC52 #CCDA81 #DFE8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B9CC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#B9CC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC52

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC52	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.148 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1db87',
    500: '#b9cc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc52;
$custom-light: #d1db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.344,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80686,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC52

secondary

#483C86

accent

#4ADE61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC52

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

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