#B9CD53#B9CD53

#B9CD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.148 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD53
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(70, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -23.64, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 61.69, 112.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0689 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.148 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4010, 54.6019, 16.4348)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD53 #6753CD

analogous

#CDA453 #B9CD53 #7CCD53

triadic

#B9CD53 #53B9CD #CD53B9

tetradic

#B9CD53 #53CDA4 #6753CD #CD537C

square

#B9CD53 #53CDA4 #6753CD #CD537C

split-complementary

#B9CD53 #537CCD #A453CD

monochromatic

#718025 #9BB033 #B9CD53 #CCDB82 #E0E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#B9CD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD53

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD53	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.148 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc88',
    500: '#b9cd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd53;
$custom-light: #d1dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.836,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80919,
    "c": 0.14827,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD53

secondary

#493C88

accent

#4ADE62

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD53

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

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