#B9CD4E#B9CD4E

#B9CD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.152 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD4E
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -24.01, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 63.76, 112.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0704 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.152 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2149, 54.5274, 15.4545)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD4E #624ECD

analogous

#CDA14E #B9CD4E #79CD4E

triadic

#B9CD4E #4EB9CD #CD4EB9

tetradic

#B9CD4E #4ECDA1 #624ECD #CD4E79

square

#B9CD4E #4ECDA1 #624ECD #CD4E79

split-complementary

#B9CD4E #4E79CD #A14ECD

monochromatic

#6F7D23 #99AD31 #B9CD4E #CCDA7E #DFE8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#B9CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD4E

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD4E	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.152 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc85',
    500: '#b9cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd4e;
$custom-light: #d1dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.449,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8087,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD4E

secondary

#463A85

accent

#49DF60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD4E

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

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