#B9CC38#B9CC38

#B9CC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.166 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC38
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -24.84, 67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 71.50, 110.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0748 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.166 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3153, 53.7861, 11.8932)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC38 #4B38CC

analogous

#CC9538 #B9CC38 #6FCC38

triadic

#B9CC38 #38B9CC #CC38B9

tetradic

#B9CC38 #38CC95 #4B38CC #CC386F

square

#B9CC38 #38CC95 #4B38CC #CC386F

split-complementary

#B9CC38 #386FCC #9538CC

monochromatic

#636E1C #8F9E29 #B9CC38 #CAD869 #DBE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9CC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#B9CC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC38

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC38	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)

#DAC11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.166 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db79',
    500: '#b9cc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc38;
$custom-light: #d2db79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.703,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80474,
    "c": 0.1663,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC38

secondary

#3A3177

accent

#45E25A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC38

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

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