#B9CB43#B9CB43

#B9CB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.158 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB43
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 67)
HSL	hsl(68, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 67%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -23.75, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 67.17, 110.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0708 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.158 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3776, 53.4319, 13.3901)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB43 #5543CB

analogous

#CB9943 #B9CB43 #75CB43

triadic

#B9CB43 #43B9CB #CB43B9

tetradic

#B9CB43 #43CB99 #5543CB #CB4375

square

#B9CB43 #43CB99 #5543CB #CB4375

split-complementary

#B9CB43 #4375CB #9943CB

monochromatic

#697420 #94A42D #B9CB43 #CBD873 #DDE6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#B9CB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB43

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB43	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.158 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da7f',
    500: '#b9cb43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb43;
$custom-light: #d1da7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.941,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8033,
    "c": 0.15817,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB43

secondary

#3F367C

accent

#48E05C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB43

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

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