#B9CD43#B9CD43

#B9CD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.160 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD43
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 67)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -24.72, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 68.05, 111.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0735 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.16 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8530, 54.3827, 13.5485)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD43 #5743CD

analogous

#CD9C43 #B9CD43 #74CD43

triadic

#B9CD43 #43B9CD #CD43B9

tetradic

#B9CD43 #43CD9C #5743CD #CD4374

square

#B9CD43 #43CD9C #5743CD #CD4374

split-complementary

#B9CD43 #4374CD #9C43CD

monochromatic

#6A761F #95A72C #B9CD43 #CBDA73 #DDE7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#B9CD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD43

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD43	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.160 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc7f',
    500: '#b9cd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd43;
$custom-light: #d1dc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.696,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80776,
    "c": 0.16045,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD43

secondary

#40367F

accent

#47E15D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD43

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

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