#B9CB3C#B9CB3C

#B9CB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.163 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB3C
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 60)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 70.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -24.15, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 69.71, 110.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0725 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.163 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1802, 53.3530, 12.3502)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB3C #4E3CCB

analogous

#CB953C #B9CB3C #72CB3C

triadic

#B9CB3C #3CB9CB #CB3CB9

tetradic

#B9CB3C #3CCB95 #4E3CCB #CB3C72

square

#B9CB3C #3CCB95 #4E3CCB #CB3C72

split-complementary

#B9CB3C #3C72CB #953CCB

monochromatic

#656F1E #919F2A #B9CB3C #CAD86C #DCE59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#B9CB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB3C

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB3C	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.163 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da7b',
    500: '#b9cb3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb3c;
$custom-light: #d1da7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.552,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80278,
    "c": 0.16278,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB3C

secondary

#3C3378

accent

#47E15A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB3C

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

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