#B9D338#B9D338

#B9D338 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.174 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D338
RGB	rgb(185, 211, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 73.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -28.19, 68.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 74.45, 112.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.084 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.174 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0166, 57.1887, 12.4603)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D338 #5238D3

analogous

#D3A038 #B9D338 #6BD338

triadic

#B9D338 #38B9D3 #D338B9

tetradic

#B9D338 #38D3A0 #5238D3 #D3386B

square

#B9D338 #38D3A0 #5238D3 #D3386B

split-complementary

#B9D338 #386BD3 #A038D3

monochromatic

#67761A #93A925 #B9D338 #CBDE6A #DCE99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B9D338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#B9D338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D338

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D338	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 211, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.174 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e07a',
    500: '#b9d338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d338;
$custom-light: #d2e07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.065,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82042,
    "c": 0.1741,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D338

secondary

#3E307F

accent

#41E75D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D338

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

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