#B9CF38#B9CF38

#B9CF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.170 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CF38
RGB	rgb(185, 207, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -26.28, 67.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 72.76, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0788 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.17 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0352, 55.2259, 12.1332)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CF38 #4E38CF

analogous

#CF9A38 #B9CF38 #6ECF38

triadic

#B9CF38 #38B9CF #CF38B9

tetradic

#B9CF38 #38CF9A #4E38CF #CF386E

square

#B9CF38 #38CF9A #4E38CF #CF386E

split-complementary

#B9CF38 #386ECF #9A38CF

monochromatic

#65711B #91A327 #B9CF38 #CADB69 #DCE79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#B9CF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#B9CF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CF38

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CF38	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 207, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.170 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dd79',
    500: '#b9cf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cf38;
$custom-light: #d2dd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.742,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81145,
    "c": 0.16963,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CF38

secondary

#3C317A

accent

#44E45B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CF38

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

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