#B9CC36#B9CC36

#B9CC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.167 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC36
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -24.93, 67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 72.15, 110.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0752 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.167 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2674, 53.7669, 11.6407)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC36 #4936CC

analogous

#CC9436 #B9CC36 #6ECC36

triadic

#B9CC36 #36B9CC #CC36B9

tetradic

#B9CC36 #36CC94 #4936CC #CC366E

square

#B9CC36 #36CC94 #4936CC #CC366E

split-complementary

#B9CC36 #366ECC #9436CC

monochromatic

#626C1B #8E9D28 #B9CC36 #CAD867 #DBE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9CC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#B9CC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC36

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC36	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)

#DAC116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.167 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db78',
    500: '#b9cc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc36;
$custom-light: #d2db78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80462,
    "c": 0.16744,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC36

secondary

#393076

accent

#45E359

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC36

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

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