#B9CB41#B9CB41

#B9CB41 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	#B9CB41
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 65)
HSL	hsl(68, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 68%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -23.87, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 67.92, 110.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0713 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.16 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3186, 53.4084, 13.0795)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB41 #5341CB

analogous

#CB9841 #B9CB41 #74CB41

triadic

#B9CB41 #41B9CB #CB41B9

tetradic

#B9CB41 #41CB98 #5341CB #CB4174

square

#B9CB41 #41CB98 #5341CB #CB4174

split-complementary

#B9CB41 #4174CB #9841CB

monochromatic

#67721F #93A22C #B9CB41 #CBD871 #DCE5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#B9CB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB41

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB41	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)

#D9C12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.160 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da7d',
    500: '#b9cb41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb41;
$custom-light: #d1da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80315,
    "c": 0.15953,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB41

secondary

#3E357B

accent

#48E05B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB41

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

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