#B9CB46#B9CB46

#B9CB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.156 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB46
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 70)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 65.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -23.57, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 66.03, 110.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.07 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.156 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4699, 53.4689, 13.8764)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB46 #5846CB

analogous

#CB9A46 #B9CB46 #76CB46

triadic

#B9CB46 #46B9CB #CB46B9

tetradic

#B9CB46 #46CB9A #5846CB #CB4676

square

#B9CB46 #46CB9A #5846CB #CB4676

split-complementary

#B9CB46 #4676CB #9A46CB

monochromatic

#6A7621 #95A52E #B9CB46 #CBD876 #DDE6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#B9CB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB46

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB46	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)

#D8C134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.156 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da80',
    500: '#b9cb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb46;
$custom-light: #d1da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.12,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80355,
    "c": 0.15603,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB46

secondary

#41377E

accent

#48DF5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB46

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →