#B9CD4C#B9CD4C

#B9CD4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.154 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD4C
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 76)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -24.15, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 64.57, 111.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.071 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.154 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1442, 54.4992, 15.0826)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD4C #604CCD

analogous

#CDA04C #B9CD4C #79CD4C

triadic

#B9CD4C #4CB9CD #CD4CB9

tetradic

#B9CD4C #4CCDA0 #604CCD #CD4C79

square

#B9CD4C #4CCDA0 #604CCD #CD4C79

split-complementary

#B9CD4C #4C79CD #A04CCD

monochromatic

#6E7C23 #99AC30 #B9CD4C #CCDA7C #DEE8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#B9CD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD4C

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD4C	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.154 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc84',
    500: '#b9cd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd4c;
$custom-light: #d1dc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.302,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80852,
    "c": 0.15388,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD4C

secondary

#453984

accent

#48E060

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD4C

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

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