#B9CC4E#B9CC4E

#B9CC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.151 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC4E
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -23.52, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 63.30, 111.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.069 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.151 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9764, 54.0505, 15.3751)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC4E #614ECC

analogous

#CCA04E #B9CC4E #7ACC4E

triadic

#B9CC4E #4EB9CC #CC4EB9

tetradic

#B9CC4E #4ECCA0 #614ECC #CC4E7A

square

#B9CC4E #4ECCA0 #614ECC #CC4E7A

split-complementary

#B9CC4E #4E7ACC #A04ECC

monochromatic

#6F7C24 #99AB31 #B9CC4E #CCDA7E #DFE7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B9CC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#B9CC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC4E

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC4E	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.151 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1db85',
    500: '#b9cc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc4e;
$custom-light: #d1db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.048,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80648,
    "c": 0.15113,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC4E

secondary

#453A84

accent

#49DF60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC4E

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

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