#B9D359#B9D359

#B9D359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.151 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D359
RGB	rgb(185, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 57.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -26.07, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 62.02, 114.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0751 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.151 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1056, 57.6243, 18.1956)
Luminance	0.5762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D359 #7359D3

analogous

#D3B059 #B9D359 #7CD359

triadic

#B9D359 #59B9D3 #D359B9

tetradic

#B9D359 #59D3B0 #7359D3 #D3597C

square

#B9D359 #59D3B0 #7359D3 #D3597C

split-complementary

#B9D359 #597CD3 #B059D3

monochromatic

#768C25 #9FBD32 #B9D359 #CDE089 #E2EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#B9D359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#B9D359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D359

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D359	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.151 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e08c',
    500: '#b9d359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d359;
$custom-light: #d0e08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.787,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82316,
    "c": 0.15055,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D359

secondary

#503E92

accent

#46E167

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D359

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

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