#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
RGB	rgb(185, 210, 62)
HSL	hsl(70, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 70.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -27.41, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 72.03, 112.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0814 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.169 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9246, 56.7556, 13.1975)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-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
##B9D23E	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B9D23E

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

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