#B9CC37#B9CC37

#B9CC37 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 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC37
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -24.88, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 71.83, 110.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.075 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.167 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2911, 53.7764, 11.7657)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC37 #4A37CC

analogous

#CC9437 #B9CC37 #6ECC37

triadic

#B9CC37 #37B9CC #CC37B9

tetradic

#B9CC37 #37CC94 #4A37CC #CC376E

square

#B9CC37 #37CC94 #4A37CC #CC376E

split-complementary

#B9CC37 #376ECC #9437CC

monochromatic

#636D1C #8F9E28 #B9CC37 #CAD868 #DBE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9CC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#B9CC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC37

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC37	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.167 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db78',
    500: '#b9cc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc37;
$custom-light: #d2db78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.651,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80468,
    "c": 0.16688,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC37

secondary

#3A3176

accent

#45E359

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC37

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

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