#B9CD3A#B9CD3A

#B9CD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.166 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD3A
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 58)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -25.22, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 71.25, 110.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0757 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.166 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6036, 54.2829, 12.2355)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD3A #4E3ACD

analogous

#CD983A #B9CD3A #70CD3A

triadic

#B9CD3A #3AB9CD #CD3AB9

tetradic

#B9CD3A #3ACD98 #4E3ACD #CD3A70

square

#B9CD3A #3ACD98 #4E3ACD #CD3A70

split-complementary

#B9CD3A #3A70CD #983ACD

monochromatic

#65701C #91A129 #B9CD3A #CAD96B #DCE69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#B9CD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD3A

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD3A	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC21E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.166 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc7a',
    500: '#b9cd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd3a;
$custom-light: #d2dc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.163,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80711,
    "c": 0.16623,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD3A

secondary

#3C3279

accent

#45E35B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD3A

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

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