#B9CD38#B9CD38

#B9CD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.167 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD38
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -25.32, 67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 71.92, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0761 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.167 117)
XYZ	xyz(42.5537, 54.2630, 11.9727)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD38 #4C38CD

analogous

#CD9638 #B9CD38 #6ECD38

triadic

#B9CD38 #38B9CD #CD38B9

tetradic

#B9CD38 #38CD96 #4C38CD #CD386E

square

#B9CD38 #38CD96 #4C38CD #CD386E

split-complementary

#B9CD38 #386ECD #9638CD

monochromatic

#646F1C #90A028 #B9CD38 #CAD969 #DBE69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#B9CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD38

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD38	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)

#DBC21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.167 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc79',
    500: '#b9cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd38;
$custom-light: #d2dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.054,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80698,
    "c": 0.1674,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.54262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD38

secondary

#3B3178

accent

#45E35A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD38

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

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