#B9CE40#B9CE40

#B9CE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.164 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE40
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -25.38, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 69.58, 111.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0756 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.164 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0052, 54.8275, 13.1668)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE40 #5540CE

analogous

#CE9C40 #B9CE40 #72CE40

triadic

#B9CE40 #40B9CE #CE40B9

tetradic

#B9CE40 #40CE9C #5540CE #CE4072

square

#B9CE40 #40CE9C #5540CE #CE4072

split-complementary

#B9CE40 #4072CE #9C40CE

monochromatic

#69751E #94A62B #B9CE40 #CBDA71 #DDE7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#B9CE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE40

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE40	1.00	1.76	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.164 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc7d',
    500: '#b9ce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce40;
$custom-light: #d1dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.873,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80976,
    "c": 0.1636,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE40

secondary

#3F347E

accent

#45E25D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE40

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

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