#B9CD49#B9CD49

#B9CD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.156 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD49
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -24.35, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 65.76, 111.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0718 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.156 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0424, 54.4584, 14.5461)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD49 #5D49CD

analogous

#CD9F49 #B9CD49 #77CD49

triadic

#B9CD49 #49B9CD #CD49B9

tetradic

#B9CD49 #49CD9F #5D49CD #CD4977

square

#B9CD49 #49CD9F #5D49CD #CD4977

split-complementary

#B9CD49 #4977CD #9F49CD

monochromatic

#6D7A22 #97AA2F #B9CD49 #CBDA79 #DEE7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#B9CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD49

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD49	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)

#DAC237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.156 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc82',
    500: '#b9cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd49;
$custom-light: #d1dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80825,
    "c": 0.15616,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD49

secondary

#433882

accent

#48E05F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD49

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

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