#B9CC4A#B9CC4A

#B9CC4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.154 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC4A
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 74)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 63.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -23.80, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 64.91, 111.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0702 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.154 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8373, 53.9949, 14.6426)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC4A #5D4ACC

analogous

#CC9E4A #B9CC4A #78CC4A

triadic

#B9CC4A #4AB9CC #CC4AB9

tetradic

#B9CC4A #4ACC9E #5D4ACC #CC4A78

square

#B9CC4A #4ACC9E #5D4ACC #CC4A78

split-complementary

#B9CC4A #4A78CC #9E4ACC

monochromatic

#6D7922 #97A930 #B9CC4A #CBD97A #DEE7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B9CC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#B9CC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC4A

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC4A	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.154 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1db83',
    500: '#b9cc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc4a;
$custom-light: #d1db83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.769,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80611,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC4A

secondary

#433982

accent

#48DF5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC4A

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

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