#B9CE49#B9CE49

#B9CE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.157 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE49
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -24.83, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 66.21, 112.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0732 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.157 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2823, 54.9384, 14.6261)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE49 #5E49CE

analogous

#CEA149 #B9CE49 #76CE49

triadic

#B9CE49 #49B9CE #CE49B9

tetradic

#B9CE49 #49CEA1 #5E49CE #CE4976

square

#B9CE49 #49CEA1 #5E49CE #CE4976

split-complementary

#B9CE49 #4976CE #A149CE

monochromatic

#6D7B21 #98AC2E #B9CE49 #CCDB79 #DEE8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B9CE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#B9CE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE49

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE49	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)

#DBC337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.157 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc82',
    500: '#b9ce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce49;
$custom-light: #d1dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81048,
    "c": 0.15732,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE49

secondary

#443883

accent

#47E15F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE49

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

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