#B9D423#B9D423

#B9D423 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.185 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D423
RGB	rgb(185, 212, 35)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -29.47, 74.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 80.54, 111.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.089 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.185 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8555, 57.5230, 10.3825)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D423 #3E23D4

analogous

#D49723 #B9D423 #60D423

triadic

#B9D423 #23B9D4 #D423B9

tetradic

#B9D423 #23D497 #3E23D4 #D42360

square

#B9D423 #23D497 #3E23D4 #D42360

split-complementary

#B9D423 #2360D4 #9723D4

monochromatic

#5D6B12 #8B9F1A #B9D423 #CCE252 #DCEB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#B9D423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#B9D423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D423

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D423	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 212, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.185 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e171',
    500: '#b9d423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d423;
$custom-light: #d2e171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.153,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82163,
    "c": 0.18478,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D423

secondary

#332775

accent

#39EE55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D423

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

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