#B9CB4F#B9CB4F

#B9CB4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.149 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CB4F
RGB	rgb(185, 203, 79)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 61.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -22.96, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 62.43, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0674 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.149 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7756, 53.5912, 15.4863)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CB4F #614FCB

analogous

#CB9F4F #B9CB4F #7BCB4F

triadic

#B9CB4F #4FB9CB #CB4FB9

tetradic

#B9CB4F #4FCB9F #614FCB #CB4F7B

square

#B9CB4F #4FCB9F #614FCB #CB4F7B

split-complementary

#B9CB4F #4F7BCB #9F4FCB

monochromatic

#6F7B24 #99AA32 #B9CB4F #CCD97E #DFE7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9CB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#B9CB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CB4F

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CB4F	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)

#D8C140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cb4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 203, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.149 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da85',
    500: '#b9cb4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cb4f;
$custom-light: #d1da85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cb4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.71,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80435,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CB4F

secondary

#453B83

accent

#4ADE5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CB4F

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

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