#B9CD41#B9CD41

#B9CD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; 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	#B9CD41
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 65)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -24.84, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 68.79, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.074 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.162 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7940, 54.3591, 13.2380)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD41 #5541CD

analogous

#CD9B41 #B9CD41 #73CD41

triadic

#B9CD41 #41B9CD #CD41B9

tetradic

#B9CD41 #41CD9B #5541CD #CD4173

square

#B9CD41 #41CD9B #5541CD #CD4173

split-complementary

#B9CD41 #4173CD #9B41CD

monochromatic

#69751F #94A52C #B9CD41 #CBDA71 #DDE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#B9CD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD41

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD41	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)

#DBC22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.162 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc7e',
    500: '#b9cd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd41;
$custom-light: #d1dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8076,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD41

secondary

#3F357D

accent

#46E25C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD41

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

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