#B9CD35#B9CD35

#B9CD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.169 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD35
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 53)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -25.46, 68.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 72.89, 110.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0768 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.169 117)
XYZ	xyz(42.4826, 54.2345, 11.5978)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD35 #4935CD

analogous

#CD9535 #B9CD35 #6DCD35

triadic

#B9CD35 #35B9CD #CD35B9

tetradic

#B9CD35 #35CD95 #4935CD #CD356D

square

#B9CD35 #35CD95 #4935CD #CD356D

split-complementary

#B9CD35 #356DCD #9535CD

monochromatic

#626D1B #8E9E27 #B9CD35 #CAD966 #DBE597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#B9CD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD35

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD35	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)

#DBC212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.169 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc78',
    500: '#b9cd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd35;
$custom-light: #d2dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.895,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80679,
    "c": 0.1691,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.54234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD35

secondary

#393076

accent

#44E359

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD35

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

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