#B9CD3E#B9CD3E

#B9CD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.164 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD3E
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 62)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -25.01, 65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 69.87, 110.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0747 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.164 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7094, 54.3252, 12.7924)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD3E #523ECD

analogous

#CD9A3E #B9CD3E #71CD3E

triadic

#B9CD3E #3EB9CD #CD3EB9

tetradic

#B9CD3E #3ECD9A #523ECD #CD3E71

square

#B9CD3E #3ECD9A #523ECD #CD3E71

split-complementary

#B9CD3E #3E71CD #9A3ECD

monochromatic

#67731E #93A32A #B9CD3E #CBDA6F #DCE69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#B9CD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD3E

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD3E	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.164 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc7c',
    500: '#b9cd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd3e;
$custom-light: #d1dc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.392,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80738,
    "c": 0.16375,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD3E

secondary

#3E347C

accent

#46E25C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD3E

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

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