#B9CB48#B9CB48

#B9CB48 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	#B9CB48
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 72)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -23.44, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 65.25, 111.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0694 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.155 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5341, 53.4946, 14.2144)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB48 #5A48CB

analogous

#CB9C48 #B9CB48 #78CB48

triadic

#B9CB48 #48B9CB #CB48B9

tetradic

#B9CB48 #48CB9C #5A48CB #CB4878

square

#B9CB48 #48CB9C #5A48CB #CB4878

split-complementary

#B9CB48 #4878CB #9C48CB

monochromatic

#6B7722 #96A62F #B9CB48 #CBD978 #DDE6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B9CB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#B9CB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB48

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB48	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)

#D8C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.155 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da81',
    500: '#b9cb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb48;
$custom-light: #d1da81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.244,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80371,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB48

secondary

#42387F

accent

#49DF5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB48

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

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