#B9CE39#B9CE39

#B9CE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.168 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE39
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 57)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -25.75, 67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 72.01, 110.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0772 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.168 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8184, 54.7528, 12.1828)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE39 #4E39CE

analogous

#CE9839 #B9CE39 #6FCE39

triadic

#B9CE39 #39B9CE #CE39B9

tetradic

#B9CE39 #39CE98 #4E39CE #CE396F

square

#B9CE39 #39CE98 #4E39CE #CE396F

split-complementary

#B9CE39 #396FCE #9839CE

monochromatic

#65711C #91A228 #B9CE39 #CADA6A #DCE69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#B9CE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE39

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE39	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)

#DCC31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.168 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc7a',
    500: '#b9ce39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce39;
$custom-light: #d2dc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.456,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80928,
    "c": 0.16794,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE39

secondary

#3C317A

accent

#44E35B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE39

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

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