#B9D240#B9D240

#B9D240 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.168 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D240
RGB	rgb(185, 210, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 69.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -27.30, 65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 71.33, 112.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0809 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.168 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9805, 56.7780, 13.4918)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D240 #5940D2

analogous

#D2A240 #B9D240 #70D240

triadic

#B9D240 #40B9D2 #D240B9

tetradic

#B9D240 #40D2A2 #5940D2 #D24070

square

#B9D240 #40D2A2 #5940D2 #D24070

split-complementary

#B9D240 #4070D2 #A240D2

monochromatic

#6B7B1D #96AC29 #B9D240 #CBDE72 #DDE9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B9D240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#B9D240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D240

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D240	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 210, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.168 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df7e',
    500: '#b9d240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d240;
$custom-light: #d1df7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.274,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81871,
    "c": 0.16816,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D240

secondary

#413483

accent

#43E55F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D240

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

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