#B9CB49#B9CB49

#B9CB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.154 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB49
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -23.38, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 64.86, 111.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0691 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.154 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5670, 53.5077, 14.3876)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB49 #5B49CB

analogous

#CB9C49 #B9CB49 #78CB49

triadic

#B9CB49 #49B9CB #CB49B9

tetradic

#B9CB49 #49CB9C #5B49CB #CB4978

square

#B9CB49 #49CB9C #5B49CB #CB4978

split-complementary

#B9CB49 #4978CB #9C49CB

monochromatic

#6C7722 #97A730 #B9CB49 #CBD979 #DEE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9CB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#B9CB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB49

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB49	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	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)

#D8C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.154 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da82',
    500: '#b9cb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb49;
$custom-light: #d1da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.308,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8038,
    "c": 0.15383,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB49

secondary

#423880

accent

#49DF5E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB49

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

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