#B9D042#B9D042

#B9D042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.165 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D042
RGB	rgb(185, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -26.23, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 69.74, 112.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0777 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.165 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5477, 55.8198, 13.6334)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D042 #5942D0

analogous

#D0A042 #B9D042 #72D042

triadic

#B9D042 #42B9D0 #D042B9

tetradic

#B9D042 #42D0A0 #5942D0 #D04272

square

#B9D042 #42D0A0 #5942D0 #D04272

split-complementary

#B9D042 #4272D0 #A042D0

monochromatic

#6B791E #96AA2A #B9D042 #CBDC73 #DDE8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#B9D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#B9D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D042

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D042	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.165 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1de7e',
    500: '#b9d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d042;
$custom-light: #d1de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.718,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81438,
    "c": 0.16456,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D042

secondary

#413581

accent

#44E35E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D042

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

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