#B9CF36#B9CF36

#B9CF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.171 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CF36
RGB	rgb(185, 207, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 73.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -26.37, 68.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 73.40, 111.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0792 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.171 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9873, 55.2067, 11.8807)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CF36 #4C36CF

analogous

#CF9836 #B9CF36 #6CCF36

triadic

#B9CF36 #36B9CF #CF36B9

tetradic

#B9CF36 #36CF98 #4C36CF #CF366C

square

#B9CF36 #36CF98 #4C36CF #CF366C

split-complementary

#B9CF36 #366CCF #9836CF

monochromatic

#64701B #90A127 #B9CF36 #CADB67 #DBE799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#B9CF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#B9CF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CF36

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CF36	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 207, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.171 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dd78',
    500: '#b9cf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cf36;
$custom-light: #d2dd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.627,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81133,
    "c": 0.17075,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CF36

secondary

#3B3079

accent

#43E55A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CF36

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

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