#B9CE37#B9CE37

#B9CE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.169 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE37
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -25.85, 67.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 72.66, 110.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0777 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.169 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7695, 54.7332, 11.9252)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE37 #4C37CE

analogous

#CE9737 #B9CE37 #6DCE37

triadic

#B9CE37 #37B9CE #CE37B9

tetradic

#B9CE37 #37CE97 #4C37CE #CE376D

square

#B9CE37 #37CE97 #4C37CE #CE376D

split-complementary

#B9CE37 #376DCE #9737CE

monochromatic

#646F1B #90A027 #B9CE37 #CADA68 #DBE699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#B9CE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE37

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE37	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.169 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc79',
    500: '#b9ce37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce37;
$custom-light: #d2dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.344,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80915,
    "c": 0.16909,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE37

secondary

#3B3179

accent

#44E45A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE37

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

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