#B9CB38#B9CB38

#B9CB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.165 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB38
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -24.35, 66.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 71.08, 110.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0734 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.165 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0784, 53.3123, 11.8142)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB38 #4A38CB

analogous

#CB9338 #B9CB38 #6FCB38

triadic

#B9CB38 #38B9CB #CB38B9

tetradic

#B9CB38 #38CB93 #4A38CB #CB386F

square

#B9CB38 #38CB93 #4A38CB #CB386F

split-complementary

#B9CB38 #386FCB #9338CB

monochromatic

#636C1C #8F9D29 #B9CB38 #CAD869 #DBE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#B9CB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB38

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB38	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)

#D9C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.165 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da79',
    500: '#b9cb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb38;
$custom-light: #d2da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.347,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80251,
    "c": 0.1652,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB38

secondary

#3A3176

accent

#46E259

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB38

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

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