#B9CE2D#B9CE2D

#B9CE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.174 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE2D
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 45)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 78.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -26.28, 70.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 75.68, 110.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0796 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.174 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5536, 54.6469, 10.7883)
Luminance	0.5465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE2D #422DCE

analogous

#CE932D #B9CE2D #69CE2D

triadic

#B9CE2D #2DB9CE #CE2DB9

tetradic

#B9CE2D #2DCE93 #422DCE #CE2D69

square

#B9CE2D #2DCE93 #422DCE #CE2D69

split-complementary

#B9CE2D #2D69CE #932DCE

monochromatic

#5F6A17 #8C9C22 #B9CE2D #CBDC5D #DBE78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#B9CE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE2D

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE2D	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.174 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc74',
    500: '#b9ce2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce2d;
$custom-light: #d2dc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80859,
    "c": 0.17425,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE2D

secondary

#352C73

accent

#41E756

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE2D

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

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