#B9CB47#B9CB47

#B9CB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.155 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB47
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 71)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 65%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -23.51, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 65.64, 110.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0697 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.155 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5018, 53.4816, 14.0440)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB47 #5947CB

analogous

#CB9B47 #B9CB47 #77CB47

triadic

#B9CB47 #47B9CB #CB47B9

tetradic

#B9CB47 #47CB9B #5947CB #CB4777

square

#B9CB47 #47CB9B #5947CB #CB4777

split-complementary

#B9CB47 #4777CB #9B47CB

monochromatic

#6B7621 #96A62F #B9CB47 #CBD877 #DDE6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#B9CB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB47

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB47	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.155 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da81',
    500: '#b9cb47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb47;
$custom-light: #d1da81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80363,
    "c": 0.15531,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB47

secondary

#41377F

accent

#49DF5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB47

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

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