#B9CE45#B9CE45

#B9CE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.160 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE45
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 69)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -25.09, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 67.74, 111.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0743 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.16 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1540, 54.8870, 13.9500)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE45 #5A45CE

analogous

#CE9F45 #B9CE45 #75CE45

triadic

#B9CE45 #45B9CE #CE45B9

tetradic

#B9CE45 #45CE9F #5A45CE #CE4575

square

#B9CE45 #45CE9F #5A45CE #CE4575

split-complementary

#B9CE45 #4575CE #9F45CE

monochromatic

#6B7920 #96A92D #B9CE45 #CBDB75 #DDE8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B9CE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#B9CE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE45

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE45	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.160 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc80',
    500: '#b9ce45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce45;
$custom-light: #d1dc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.197,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81015,
    "c": 0.1602,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE45

secondary

#423681

accent

#46E25E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE45

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

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