#B9CE48#B9CE48

#B9CE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.158 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE48
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 72)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -24.90, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 66.60, 111.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0735 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.158 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2494, 54.9252, 14.4529)
Luminance	0.5493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE48 #5D48CE

analogous

#CEA048 #B9CE48 #76CE48

triadic

#B9CE48 #48B9CE #CE48B9

tetradic

#B9CE48 #48CEA0 #5D48CE #CE4876

square

#B9CE48 #48CEA0 #5D48CE #CE4876

split-complementary

#B9CE48 #4876CE #A048CE

monochromatic

#6D7B21 #97AB2E #B9CE48 #CBDB78 #DEE8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B9CE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#B9CE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE48

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE48	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.158 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc82',
    500: '#b9ce48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce48;
$custom-light: #d1dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.403,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81039,
    "c": 0.15805,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE48

secondary

#433783

accent

#47E15F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE48

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

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