#B9CD44#B9CD44

#B9CD44 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	#B9CD44
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 68)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -24.66, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 67.68, 111.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0732 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.16 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8832, 54.3948, 13.7079)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD44 #5844CD

analogous

#CD9C44 #B9CD44 #74CD44

triadic

#B9CD44 #44B9CD #CD44B9

tetradic

#B9CD44 #44CD9C #5844CD #CD4474

square

#B9CD44 #44CD9C #5844CD #CD4474

split-complementary

#B9CD44 #4474CD #9C44CD

monochromatic

#6A7720 #95A72D #B9CD44 #CBDA74 #DDE7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#B9CD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD44

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD44	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)

#DAC230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.160 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc7f',
    500: '#b9cd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd44;
$custom-light: #d1dc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.759,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80784,
    "c": 0.15975,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD44

secondary

#41367F

accent

#47E15D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD44

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

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