#B9CB35#B9CB35

#B9CB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.167 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB35
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 53)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -24.49, 67.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 72.06, 109.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0741 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.167 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0072, 53.2838, 11.4394)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB35 #4735CB

analogous

#CB9235 #B9CB35 #6ECB35

triadic

#B9CB35 #35B9CB #CB35B9

tetradic

#B9CB35 #35CB92 #4735CB #CB356E

square

#B9CB35 #35CB92 #4735CB #CB356E

split-complementary

#B9CB35 #356ECB #9235CB

monochromatic

#616A1B #8D9B28 #B9CB35 #CAD866 #DBE496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#B9CB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB35

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB35	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.167 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da77',
    500: '#b9cb35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb35;
$custom-light: #d2da77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80232,
    "c": 0.16691,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB35

secondary

#383074

accent

#46E258

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB35

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

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