#B9CD4F#B9CD4F

#B9CD4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.152 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD4F
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 79)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -23.94, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 63.35, 112.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0701 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.152 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2510, 54.5419, 15.6448)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD4F #634FCD

analogous

#CDA24F #B9CD4F #7ACD4F

triadic

#B9CD4F #4FB9CD #CD4FB9

tetradic

#B9CD4F #4FCDA2 #634FCD #CD4F7A

square

#B9CD4F #4FCDA2 #634FCD #CD4F7A

split-complementary

#B9CD4F #4F7ACD #A24FCD

monochromatic

#707E24 #9AAE31 #B9CD4F #CCDB7F #DFE8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#B9CD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD4F

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD4F	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)

#DAC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.152 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc86',
    500: '#b9cd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd4f;
$custom-light: #d1dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.524,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8088,
    "c": 0.15153,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD4F

secondary

#473B86

accent

#49DF61

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD4F

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

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