#B9CE41#B9CE41

#B9CE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.163 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE41
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 65)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 68.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -25.32, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 69.22, 111.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0753 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.163 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0340, 54.8390, 13.3180)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE41 #5641CE

analogous

#CE9C41 #B9CE41 #72CE41

triadic

#B9CE41 #41B9CE #CE41B9

tetradic

#B9CE41 #41CE9C #5641CE #CE4172

square

#B9CE41 #41CE9C #5641CE #CE4172

split-complementary

#B9CE41 #4172CE #9C41CE

monochromatic

#69761E #94A72B #B9CE41 #CBDB72 #DDE7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B9CE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#B9CE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE41

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE41	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	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)

#DCC32B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.163 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc7e',
    500: '#b9ce41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce41;
$custom-light: #d1dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.936,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80984,
    "c": 0.16293,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE41

secondary

#40357F

accent

#46E25D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE41

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

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