#B9CD2C#B9CD2C

#B9CD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.174 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD2C
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 44)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -25.84, 71.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 75.55, 110.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0785 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.174 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2946, 54.1593, 10.6081)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD2C #402CCD

analogous

#CD912C #B9CD2C #69CD2C

triadic

#B9CD2C #2CB9CD #CD2CB9

tetradic

#B9CD2C #2CCD91 #402CCD #CD2C69

square

#B9CD2C #2CCD91 #402CCD #CD2C69

split-complementary

#B9CD2C #2C69CD #912CCD

monochromatic

#5E6816 #8C9B21 #B9CD2C #CCDC5B #DBE78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#B9CD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD2C

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD2C	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.174 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc74',
    500: '#b9cd2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd2c;
$custom-light: #d2dc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.453,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8063,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD2C

secondary

#342B72

accent

#40E855

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD2C

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

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