#B9CB4E#B9CB4E

#B9CB4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.150 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB4E
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -23.04, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 62.84, 111.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0677 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.15 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7395, 53.5767, 15.2961)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB4E #604ECB

analogous

#CB9E4E #B9CB4E #7ACB4E

triadic

#B9CB4E #4EB9CB #CB4EB9

tetradic

#B9CB4E #4ECB9E #604ECB #CB4E7A

square

#B9CB4E #4ECB9E #604ECB #CB4E7A

split-complementary

#B9CB4E #4E7ACB #9E4ECB

monochromatic

#6E7B24 #99AA32 #B9CB4E #CCD97D #DEE7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9CB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#B9CB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB4E

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB4E	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.150 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da85',
    500: '#b9cb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb4e;
$custom-light: #d1da85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.64,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80426,
    "c": 0.14995,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB4E

secondary

#453A83

accent

#4ADE5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB4E

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

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