#B9CE3E#B9CE3E

#B9CE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.165 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE3E
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 62)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -25.49, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 70.30, 111.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0761 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.165 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9494, 54.8052, 12.8724)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE3E #533ECE

analogous

#CE9B3E #B9CE3E #71CE3E

triadic

#B9CE3E #3EB9CE #CE3EB9

tetradic

#B9CE3E #3ECE9B #533ECE #CE3E71

square

#B9CE3E #3ECE9B #533ECE #CE3E71

split-complementary

#B9CE3E #3E71CE #9B3ECE

monochromatic

#67741D #93A52A #B9CE3E #CBDA6F #DCE7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#B9CE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE3E

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE3E	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)

#DCC326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.165 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc7c',
    500: '#b9ce3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce3e;
$custom-light: #d1dc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80962,
    "c": 0.16488,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE3E

secondary

#3E337D

accent

#45E35C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE3E

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

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