#B9CB3E#B9CB3E

#B9CB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.162 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB3E
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 62)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -24.04, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 69.01, 110.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.072 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.162 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2340, 53.3745, 12.6339)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB3E #503ECB

analogous

#CB973E #B9CB3E #72CB3E

triadic

#B9CB3E #3EB9CB #CB3EB9

tetradic

#B9CB3E #3ECB97 #503ECB #CB3E72

square

#B9CB3E #3ECB97 #503ECB #CB3E72

split-complementary

#B9CB3E #3E72CB #973ECB

monochromatic

#66701E #92A12B #B9CB3E #CAD86E #DCE59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#B9CB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB3E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB3E	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)

#D9C027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.162 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da7c',
    500: '#b9cb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb3e;
$custom-light: #d1da7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.66,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80292,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB3E

secondary

#3D3479

accent

#47E15B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB3E

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

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