#B9CC50#B9CC50

#B9CC50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.150 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CC50
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 80)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -23.38, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 62.48, 111.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0684 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.15 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0492, 54.0797, 15.7584)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC50 #6350CC

analogous

#CCA150 #B9CC50 #7BCC50

triadic

#B9CC50 #50B9CC #CC50B9

tetradic

#B9CC50 #50CCA1 #6350CC #CC507B

square

#B9CC50 #50CCA1 #6350CC #CC507B

split-complementary

#B9CC50 #507BCC #A150CC

monochromatic

#707D24 #9AAD32 #B9CC50 #CCDA7F #DFE8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B9CC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#B9CC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC50

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC50	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.150 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1db86',
    500: '#b9cc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc50;
$custom-light: #d1db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.194,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80667,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC50

secondary

#473B85

accent

#4ADE60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC50

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

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