#B9CC3A#B9CC3A

#B9CC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.165 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC3A
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 58)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -24.74, 66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 70.83, 110.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0743 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.165 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3652, 53.8061, 12.1560)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC3A #4D3ACC

analogous

#CC963A #B9CC3A #70CC3A

triadic

#B9CC3A #3AB9CC #CC3AB9

tetradic

#B9CC3A #3ACC96 #4D3ACC #CC3A70

square

#B9CC3A #3ACC96 #4D3ACC #CC3A70

split-complementary

#B9CC3A #3A70CC #963ACC

monochromatic

#646F1D #90A029 #B9CC3A #CAD96B #DCE59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9CC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#B9CC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC3A

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC3A	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)

#DAC11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.165 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1db7a',
    500: '#b9cc3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc3a;
$custom-light: #d1db7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.808,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80488,
    "c": 0.16512,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC3A

secondary

#3B3278

accent

#46E25A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC3A

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

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