#B9D23A#B9D23A

#B9D23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.172 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D23A
RGB	rgb(185, 210, 58)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 72.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -27.61, 67.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 73.38, 112.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0823 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.172 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8188, 56.7133, 12.6405)
Luminance	0.5671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D23A #533AD2

analogous

#D29F3A #B9D23A #6DD23A

triadic

#B9D23A #3AB9D2 #D23AB9

tetradic

#B9D23A #3AD29F #533AD2 #D23A6D

square

#B9D23A #3AD29F #533AD2 #D23A6D

split-complementary

#B9D23A #3A6DD2 #9F3AD2

monochromatic

#67771B #93A826 #B9D23A #CBDD6C #DCE99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B9D23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#B9D23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D23A

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D23A	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)

#E0C61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 210, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.172 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df7b',
    500: '#b9d23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d23a;
$custom-light: #d2df7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.868,
    "s": 62.81,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8183,
    "c": 0.17184,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D23A

secondary

#3E317F

accent

#42E65D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D23A

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

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