#B9D33B#B9D33B

#B9D33B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.172 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D33B
RGB	rgb(185, 211, 59)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 72%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -28.04, 67.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 73.48, 112.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0834 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.172 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0922, 57.2189, 12.8584)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D33B #553BD3

analogous

#D3A13B #B9D33B #6DD33B

triadic

#B9D33B #3BB9D3 #D33BB9

tetradic

#B9D33B #3BD3A1 #553BD3 #D33B6D

square

#B9D33B #3BD3A1 #553BD3 #D33B6D

split-complementary

#B9D33B #3B6DD3 #A13BD3

monochromatic

#69791B #94AB26 #B9D33B #CBDE6D #DDE99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B9D33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#B9D33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D33B

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D33B	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)

#E1C71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 211, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.172 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e07b',
    500: '#b9d33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d33b;
$custom-light: #d2e07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.263,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82061,
    "c": 0.17238,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D33B

secondary

#3F3281

accent

#41E65E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D33B

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

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