#B9D02A#B9D02A

#B9D02A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.178 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D02A
RGB	rgb(185, 208, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 80%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 79.8%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -27.34, 72.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 77.28, 110.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0828 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.178 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9825, 55.5937, 10.6564)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D02A #412AD0

analogous

#D0942A #B9D02A #66D02A

triadic

#B9D02A #2AB9D0 #D02AB9

tetradic

#B9D02A #2AD094 #412AD0 #D02A66

square

#B9D02A #2AD094 #412AD0 #D02A66

split-complementary

#B9D02A #2A66D0 #942AD0

monochromatic

#5E6A15 #8C9D20 #B9D02A #CBDE5A #DBE88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#B9D02A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#B9D02A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D02A

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D02A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D02A	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d02a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 208, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.178 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2de73',
    500: '#b9d02a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d02a;
$custom-light: #d2de73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d02a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.313,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81293,
    "c": 0.17774,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D02A

secondary

#352A74

accent

#3EE956

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D02A

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

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