#B9CD45#B9CD45

#B9CD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.159 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD45
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 69)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -24.60, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 67.30, 111.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0729 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.159 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9140, 54.4071, 13.8700)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD45 #5945CD

analogous

#CD9D45 #B9CD45 #75CD45

triadic

#B9CD45 #45B9CD #CD45B9

tetradic

#B9CD45 #45CD9D #5945CD #CD4575

square

#B9CD45 #45CD9D #5945CD #CD4575

split-complementary

#B9CD45 #4575CD #9D45CD

monochromatic

#6B7720 #96A82D #B9CD45 #CBDA75 #DDE7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#B9CD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD45

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD45	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.159 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc80',
    500: '#b9cd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd45;
$custom-light: #d1dc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80792,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD45

secondary

#413680

accent

#47E15E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD45

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

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