#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
RGBrgb(185, 204, 54)
HSLhsl(68, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(68, 74%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(9.3%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(78.33, -24.93, 67.71)
CIE-LCHlch(78.33, 72.15, 110.21°)
OKLaboklab(80.46% -0.0752 0.1496)
OKLCHoklch(80.46% 0.167 116.7)
XYZxyz(42.2674, 53.7669, 11.6407)
Luminance0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B9CC361.001.7911.7511.75
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7521.001.001.00
##00000011.7521.001.001.00

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

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#B9CC36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva