#B9CE4E#B9CE4E

#B9CE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.154 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE4E
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 78)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -24.49, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 64.22, 112.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0718 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.154 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4548, 55.0074, 15.5345)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE4E #634ECE

analogous

#CEA34E #B9CE4E #79CE4E

triadic

#B9CE4E #4EB9CE #CE4EB9

tetradic

#B9CE4E #4ECEA3 #634ECE #CE4E79

square

#B9CE4E #4ECEA3 #634ECE #CE4E79

split-complementary

#B9CE4E #4E79CE #A34ECE

monochromatic

#707F23 #9AAE30 #B9CE4E #CCDB7E #DFE9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B9CE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#B9CE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE4E

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE4E	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.154 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc85',
    500: '#b9ce4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce4e;
$custom-light: #d1dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.844,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81093,
    "c": 0.15351,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE4E

secondary

#473A86

accent

#48E061

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE4E

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

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