#B9CC35#B9CC35

#B9CC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.168 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC35
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 53)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -24.98, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 72.47, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0754 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.168 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2441, 53.7576, 11.5183)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC35 #4835CC

analogous

#CC9435 #B9CC35 #6DCC35

triadic

#B9CC35 #35B9CC #CC35B9

tetradic

#B9CC35 #35CC94 #4835CC #CC356D

square

#B9CC35 #35CC94 #4835CC #CC356D

split-complementary

#B9CC35 #356DCC #9435CC

monochromatic

#616B1B #8E9C27 #B9CC35 #CAD866 #DBE597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9CC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#B9CC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC35

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC35	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.168 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db77',
    500: '#b9cc35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc35;
$custom-light: #d2db77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.55,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80456,
    "c": 0.16801,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC35

secondary

#393075

accent

#45E359

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC35

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

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