#B9CD30#B9CD30

#B9CD30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.172 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD30
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 48)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 76.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -25.68, 69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 74.41, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0778 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.172 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3735, 54.1909, 11.0234)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD30 #4430CD

analogous

#CD9230 #B9CD30 #6BCD30

triadic

#B9CD30 #30B9CD #CD30B9

tetradic

#B9CD30 #30CD92 #4430CD #CD306B

square

#B9CD30 #30CD92 #4430CD #CD306B

split-complementary

#B9CD30 #306BCD #9230CD

monochromatic

#5F6A19 #8C9B24 #B9CD30 #CADA60 #DBE592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#B9CD30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD30

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD30	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.172 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc75',
    500: '#b9cd30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd30;
$custom-light: #d2dc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.643,
    "s": 62.055,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80651,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD30

secondary

#372E74

accent

#43E557

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD30

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

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