#B9CD36#B9CD36

#B9CD36 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	#B9CD36
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -25.41, 67.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 72.57, 110.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0766 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.169 117)
XYZ	xyz(42.5058, 54.2438, 11.7202)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD36 #4A36CD

analogous

#CD9536 #B9CD36 #6DCD36

triadic

#B9CD36 #36B9CD #CD36B9

tetradic

#B9CD36 #36CD95 #4A36CD #CD366D

square

#B9CD36 #36CD95 #4A36CD #CD366D

split-complementary

#B9CD36 #366DCD #9536CD

monochromatic

#636D1B #8F9E27 #B9CD36 #CAD967 #DBE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#B9CD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD36

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD36	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)

#DBC215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.169 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc78',
    500: '#b9cd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd36;
$custom-light: #d2dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.947,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80685,
    "c": 0.16855,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.54243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD36

secondary

#3A3077

accent

#44E35A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD36

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

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