#B9CD4A#B9CD4A

#B9CD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.155 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD4A
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 74)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -24.28, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 65.36, 111.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0716 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.155 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0758, 54.4718, 14.7221)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD4A #5E4ACD

analogous

#CD9F4A #B9CD4A #78CD4A

triadic

#B9CD4A #4AB9CD #CD4AB9

tetradic

#B9CD4A #4ACD9F #5E4ACD #CD4A78

square

#B9CD4A #4ACD9F #5E4ACD #CD4A78

split-complementary

#B9CD4A #4A78CD #9F4ACD

monochromatic

#6D7B22 #98AB2F #B9CD4A #CCDA7A #DEE7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9CD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#B9CD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD4A

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD4A	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.155 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc83',
    500: '#b9cd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd4a;
$custom-light: #d1dc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.16,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80834,
    "c": 0.15541,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD4A

secondary

#443883

accent

#48E05F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD4A

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

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