#B9CC47#B9CC47

#B9CC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.156 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC47
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 71)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 65.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -23.99, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 66.09, 111.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.071 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.156 117)
XYZ	xyz(42.7387, 53.9554, 14.1230)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC47 #5A47CC

analogous

#CC9D47 #B9CC47 #77CC47

triadic

#B9CC47 #47B9CC #CC47B9

tetradic

#B9CC47 #47CC9D #5A47CC #CC4777

square

#B9CC47 #47CC9D #5A47CC #CC4777

split-complementary

#B9CC47 #4777CC #9D47CC

monochromatic

#6B7721 #96A72E #B9CC47 #CBD977 #DDE7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B9CC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#B9CC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC47

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC47	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.156 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1db81',
    500: '#b9cc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc47;
$custom-light: #d1db81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80585,
    "c": 0.15646,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.53955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC47

secondary

#423780

accent

#48E05E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC47

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

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