#B9CD42#B9CD42

#B9CD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.161 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD42
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -24.78, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 68.42, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0737 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.161 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8232, 54.3708, 13.3919)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD42 #5642CD

analogous

#CD9B42 #B9CD42 #73CD42

triadic

#B9CD42 #42B9CD #CD42B9

tetradic

#B9CD42 #42CD9B #5642CD #CD4273

square

#B9CD42 #42CD9B #5642CD #CD4273

split-complementary

#B9CD42 #4273CD #9B42CD

monochromatic

#69761F #94A62C #B9CD42 #CBDA72 #DDE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#B9CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD42

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD42	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.161 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc7e',
    500: '#b9cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd42;
$custom-light: #d1dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.633,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80768,
    "c": 0.16112,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD42

secondary

#40357E

accent

#46E15D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD42

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

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