#B9D42C#B9D42C

#B9D42C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.181 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D42C
RGB	rgb(185, 212, 44)
HSL	hsl(70, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 79.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -29.17, 72.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 78.37, 111.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0876 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.181 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0067, 57.5834, 11.1788)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D42C #472CD4

analogous

#D49B2C #B9D42C #65D42C

triadic

#B9D42C #2CB9D4 #D42CB9

tetradic

#B9D42C #2CD49B #472CD4 #D42C65

square

#B9D42C #2CD49B #472CD4 #D42C65

split-complementary

#B9D42C #2C65D4 #9B2CD4

monochromatic

#616F17 #8DA221 #B9D42C #CADE5F #DBE992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#B9D42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#B9D42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D42C

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D42C	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 212, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.181 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e174',
    500: '#b9d42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d42c;
$custom-light: #d2e174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.643,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82201,
    "c": 0.1812,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D42C

secondary

#382C78

accent

#3FE95A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D42C

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

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