#B9CD34#B9CD34

#B9CD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.170 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD34
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 52)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -25.51, 68.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 73.20, 110.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.077 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.17 117)
XYZ	xyz(42.4598, 54.2254, 11.4779)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD34 #4834CD

analogous

#CD9434 #B9CD34 #6CCD34

triadic

#B9CD34 #34B9CD #CD34B9

tetradic

#B9CD34 #34CD94 #4834CD #CD346C

square

#B9CD34 #34CD94 #4834CD #CD346C

split-complementary

#B9CD34 #346CCD #9434CD

monochromatic

#616C1B #8E9D27 #B9CD34 #CAD965 #DBE596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#B9CD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD34

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD34	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC20F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.170 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc77',
    500: '#b9cd34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd34;
$custom-light: #d2dc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.843,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80673,
    "c": 0.16965,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.54225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD34

secondary

#393076

accent

#44E459

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD34

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

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