#B9CD48#B9CD48

#B9CD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.157 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD48
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 72)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -24.41, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 66.15, 111.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0721 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.157 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0095, 54.4453, 14.3729)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD48 #5C48CD

analogous

#CD9F48 #B9CD48 #76CD48

triadic

#B9CD48 #48B9CD #CD48B9

tetradic

#B9CD48 #48CD9F #5C48CD #CD4876

square

#B9CD48 #48CD9F #5C48CD #CD4876

split-complementary

#B9CD48 #4876CD #9F48CD

monochromatic

#6C7921 #97A92E #B9CD48 #CBDA78 #DEE7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#B9CD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD48

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD48	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.157 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc82',
    500: '#b9cd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd48;
$custom-light: #d1dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.023,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80817,
    "c": 0.15689,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD48

secondary

#433882

accent

#47E05E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD48

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

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