#B9D23E#B9D23E

#B9D23E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.169 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9D23E
RGBrgb(185, 210, 62)
HSLhsl(70, 62%, 53%)
HSVhsv(70, 70%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(11.9%, 0%, 70.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(80.04, -27.41, 66.61)
CIE-LCHlch(80.04, 72.03, 112.36°)
OKLaboklab(81.86% -0.0814 0.1486)
OKLCHoklch(81.86% 0.169 118.7)
XYZxyz(43.9246, 56.7556, 13.1975)
Luminance0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9D23E #573ED2
analogous
#D2A13E #B9D23E #6FD23E
triadic
#B9D23E #3EB9D2 #D23EB9
tetradic
#B9D23E #3ED2A1 #573ED2 #D23E6F
square
#B9D23E #3ED2A1 #573ED2 #D23E6F
split-complementary
#B9D23E #3E6FD2 #A13ED2
monochromatic
#6A791C #95AB28 #B9D23E #CBDE70 #DDE9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70
#B9D23E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35
#B9D23E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D23E
12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9D23E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9D23E1.001.7012.3512.35
#FFFFFF1.701.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3521.001.001.00
##00000012.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C624
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC74A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4C7B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9d23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 210, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.169 118.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df7d',
    500: '#b9d23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9d23e;
$custom-light: #d1df7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9d23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.135,
    "s": 62.185,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81857,
    "c": 0.16943,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9D23E
secondary
#403381
accent
#43E55E
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFCF2
border
#D4D5CC
text
#14150A
muted
#83847D

Preview Lab

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#B9D23E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva