#B9CE35#B9CE35

#B9CE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.170 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE35
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 53)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 74.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -25.94, 68.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 73.30, 110.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0781 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.17 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7225, 54.7144, 11.6778)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE35 #4A35CE

analogous

#CE9635 #B9CE35 #6CCE35

triadic

#B9CE35 #35B9CE #CE35B9

tetradic

#B9CE35 #35CE96 #4A35CE #CE356C

square

#B9CE35 #35CE96 #4A35CE #CE356C

split-complementary

#B9CE35 #356CCE #9635CE

monochromatic

#636E1B #8F9F27 #B9CE35 #CADA66 #DBE698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#B9CE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE35

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE35	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)

#DCC312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.170 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc78',
    500: '#b9ce35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce35;
$custom-light: #d2dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.235,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80903,
    "c": 0.1702,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE35

secondary

#3A3077

accent

#44E45A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE35

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

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