#B9CE3D#B9CE3D

#B9CE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.166 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE3D
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 61)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 70.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -25.54, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 70.65, 111.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0763 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.166 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9222, 54.7943, 12.7292)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE3D #523DCE

analogous

#CE9B3D #B9CE3D #70CE3D

triadic

#B9CE3D #3DB9CE #CE3DB9

tetradic

#B9CE3D #3DCE9B #523DCE #CE3D70

square

#B9CE3D #3DCE9B #523DCE #CE3D70

split-complementary

#B9CE3D #3D70CE #9B3DCE

monochromatic

#67731D #93A429 #B9CE3D #CBDA6E #DCE79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#B9CE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE3D

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE3D	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.166 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc7c',
    500: '#b9ce3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce3d;
$custom-light: #d1dc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.69,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80955,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE3D

secondary

#3E337C

accent

#45E35C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE3D

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

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