#B9CE42#B9CE42

#B9CE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.162 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE42
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -25.26, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 68.86, 111.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0751 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.162 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0632, 54.8507, 13.4719)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE42 #5742CE

analogous

#CE9D42 #B9CE42 #73CE42

triadic

#B9CE42 #42B9CE #CE42B9

tetradic

#B9CE42 #42CE9D #5742CE #CE4273

square

#B9CE42 #42CE9D #5742CE #CE4273

split-complementary

#B9CE42 #4273CE #9D42CE

monochromatic

#6A771F #95A72B #B9CE42 #CBDB73 #DDE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B9CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#B9CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE42

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE42	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.162 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc7e',
    500: '#b9ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce42;
$custom-light: #d1dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80991,
    "c": 0.16227,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE42

secondary

#40357F

accent

#46E25D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE42

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

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