#B9CD40#B9CD40

#B9CD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.162 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD40
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -24.90, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 69.15, 111.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0742 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.162 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7653, 54.3476, 13.0868)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD40 #5440CD

analogous

#CD9B40 #B9CD40 #72CD40

triadic

#B9CD40 #40B9CD #CD40B9

tetradic

#B9CD40 #40CD9B #5440CD #CD4072

square

#B9CD40 #40CD9B #5440CD #CD4072

split-complementary

#B9CD40 #4072CD #9B40CD

monochromatic

#68741E #93A52B #B9CD40 #CBDA71 #DDE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#B9CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD40

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD40	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)

#DBC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.162 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc7d',
    500: '#b9cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd40;
$custom-light: #d1dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.511,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80753,
    "c": 0.16246,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD40

secondary

#3F347D

accent

#46E25C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD40

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

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