#B9CE47#B9CE47

#B9CE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.159 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE47
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 71)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 65.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -24.96, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 66.98, 111.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0737 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.159 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2171, 54.9123, 14.2825)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE47 #5C47CE

analogous

#CE9F47 #B9CE47 #76CE47

triadic

#B9CE47 #47B9CE #CE47B9

tetradic

#B9CE47 #47CE9F #5C47CE #CE4776

square

#B9CE47 #47CE9F #5C47CE #CE4776

split-complementary

#B9CE47 #4776CE #9F47CE

monochromatic

#6C7A21 #97AA2D #B9CE47 #CBDB77 #DEE8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B9CE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#B9CE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE47

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE47	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.159 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc81',
    500: '#b9ce47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce47;
$custom-light: #d1dc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.333,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81031,
    "c": 0.15879,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE47

secondary

#433782

accent

#47E15F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE47

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

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