#B9CB40#B9CB40

#B9CB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.160 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB40
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -23.93, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 68.29, 110.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0715 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.16 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2899, 53.3969, 12.9283)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB40 #5240CB

analogous

#CB9840 #B9CB40 #73CB40

triadic

#B9CB40 #40B9CB #CB40B9

tetradic

#B9CB40 #40CB98 #5240CB #CB4073

square

#B9CB40 #40CB98 #5240CB #CB4073

split-complementary

#B9CB40 #4073CB #9840CB

monochromatic

#67721F #93A22C #B9CB40 #CBD870 #DCE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#B9CB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB40

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB40	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.160 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da7d',
    500: '#b9cb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb40;
$custom-light: #d1da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.77,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80307,
    "c": 0.1602,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB40

secondary

#3E357B

accent

#47E05B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB40

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

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