#B9D238#B9D238

#B9D238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.173 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D238
RGB	rgb(185, 210, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 73.3%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -27.71, 68.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 74.03, 111.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0827 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.173 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7689, 56.6934, 12.3778)
Luminance	0.5669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D238 #5138D2

analogous

#D29E38 #B9D238 #6CD238

triadic

#B9D238 #38B9D2 #D238B9

tetradic

#B9D238 #38D29E #5138D2 #D2386C

square

#B9D238 #38D29E #5138D2 #D2386C

split-complementary

#B9D238 #386CD2 #9E38D2

monochromatic

#66751A #92A726 #B9D238 #CBDD6A #DCE99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B9D238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#B9D238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D238

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D238	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 210, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.173 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df7a',
    500: '#b9d238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d238;
$custom-light: #d2df7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.74,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81817,
    "c": 0.17298,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D238

secondary

#3D317E

accent

#42E65C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D238

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

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