#B9CC40#B9CC40

#B9CC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.161 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC40
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -24.41, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 68.72, 110.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0729 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.161 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5268, 53.8707, 13.0073)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC40 #5340CC

analogous

#CC9940 #B9CC40 #73CC40

triadic

#B9CC40 #40B9CC #CC40B9

tetradic

#B9CC40 #40CC99 #5340CC #CC4073

square

#B9CC40 #40CC99 #5340CC #CC4073

split-complementary

#B9CC40 #4073CC #9940CC

monochromatic

#67731F #93A32C #B9CC40 #CBD970 #DCE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B9CC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#B9CC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC40

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC40	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.161 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1db7d',
    500: '#b9cc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc40;
$custom-light: #d1db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8053,
    "c": 0.16133,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC40

secondary

#3E347C

accent

#47E15C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC40

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

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