#B9CB32#B9CB32

#B9CB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.169 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB32
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 50)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 75.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -24.63, 68.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 73.00, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0747 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.169 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9404, 53.2571, 11.0872)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB32 #4432CB

analogous

#CB9132 #B9CB32 #6CCB32

triadic

#B9CB32 #32B9CB #CB32B9

tetradic

#B9CB32 #32CB91 #4432CB #CB326C

square

#B9CB32 #32CB91 #4432CB #CB326C

split-complementary

#B9CB32 #326CCB #9132CB

monochromatic

#5F691A #8C9A26 #B9CB32 #CAD862 #DBE493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#B9CB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB32

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB32	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C00A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.169 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da76',
    500: '#b9cb32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb32;
$custom-light: #d2da76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80215,
    "c": 0.16853,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB32

secondary

#372E73

accent

#44E457

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB32

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

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