#B9CB45#B9CB45

#B9CB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.157 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB45
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -23.63, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 66.42, 110.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0702 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.157 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4386, 53.4564, 13.7115)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB45 #5745CB

analogous

#CB9A45 #B9CB45 #76CB45

triadic

#B9CB45 #45B9CB #CB45B9

tetradic

#B9CB45 #45CB9A #5745CB #CB4576

square

#B9CB45 #45CB9A #5745CB #CB4576

split-complementary

#B9CB45 #4576CB #9A45CB

monochromatic

#6A7521 #95A52E #B9CB45 #CBD875 #DDE6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#B9CB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB45

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB45	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)

#D9C132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.157 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da80',
    500: '#b9cb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb45;
$custom-light: #d1da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.06,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80346,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB45

secondary

#40377E

accent

#48E05D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB45

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

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