#B9CB4D#B9CB4D

#B9CB4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.151 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB4D
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 77)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 62.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -23.11, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 63.25, 111.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.068 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.151 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7039, 53.5625, 15.1087)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB4D #5F4DCB

analogous

#CB9E4D #B9CB4D #7ACB4D

triadic

#B9CB4D #4DB9CB #CB4DB9

tetradic

#B9CB4D #4DCB9E #5F4DCB #CB4D7A

square

#B9CB4D #4DCB9E #5F4DCB #CB4D7A

split-complementary

#B9CB4D #4D7ACB #9E4DCB

monochromatic

#6E7A24 #98A931 #B9CB4D #CCD97C #DEE7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9CB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#B9CB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB4D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB4D	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.151 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da84',
    500: '#b9cb4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb4d;
$custom-light: #d1da84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80416,
    "c": 0.15075,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB4D

secondary

#443A82

accent

#4ADE5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB4D

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

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