#B9CE53#B9CE53

#B9CE53 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.149 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE53
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 83)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -24.13, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 62.16, 112.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0703 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.149 118)
XYZ	xyz(43.6409, 55.0818, 16.5148)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE53 #6853CE

analogous

#CEA653 #B9CE53 #7CCE53

triadic

#B9CE53 #53B9CE #CE53B9

tetradic

#B9CE53 #53CEA6 #6853CE #CE537C

square

#B9CE53 #53CEA6 #6853CE #CE537C

split-complementary

#B9CE53 #537CCE #A653CE

monochromatic

#728225 #9CB133 #B9CE53 #CCDC83 #E0E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B9CE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#B9CE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE53

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE53	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.149 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dd88',
    500: '#b9ce53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce53;
$custom-light: #d1dd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.244,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81141,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.55081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE53

secondary

#493C89

accent

#49DF62

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE53

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

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