#B9CE32#B9CE32

#B9CE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.172 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE32
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 50)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 76%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 75.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -26.07, 69.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 74.23, 110.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0787 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.172 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6557, 54.6877, 11.3257)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE32 #4732CE

analogous

#CE9532 #B9CE32 #6BCE32

triadic

#B9CE32 #32B9CE #CE32B9

tetradic

#B9CE32 #32CE95 #4732CE #CE326B

square

#B9CE32 #32CE95 #4732CE #CE326B

split-complementary

#B9CE32 #326BCE #9532CE

monochromatic

#616C1A #8D9D26 #B9CE32 #CADA63 #DBE695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#B9CE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE32

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE32	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.172 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc76',
    500: '#b9ce32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce32;
$custom-light: #d2dc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.077,
    "s": 61.417,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80885,
    "c": 0.17179,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE32

secondary

#382F75

accent

#43E559

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE32

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

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