#B9D438#B9D438

#B9D438 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.175 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D438
RGB	rgb(185, 212, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -28.66, 69.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 74.88, 112.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0853 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.175 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2658, 57.6871, 12.5434)
Luminance	0.5769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D438 #5338D4

analogous

#D4A138 #B9D438 #6BD438

triadic

#B9D438 #38B9D4 #D438B9

tetradic

#B9D438 #38D4A1 #5338D4 #D4386B

square

#B9D438 #38D4A1 #5338D4 #D4386B

split-complementary

#B9D438 #386BD4 #A138D4

monochromatic

#67781A #93AA25 #B9D438 #CBDF6A #DCEA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B9D438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#B9D438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D438

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D438	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 212, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.175 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e17a',
    500: '#b9d438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d438;
$custom-light: #d2e17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.385,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82266,
    "c": 0.17522,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D438

secondary

#3E3080

accent

#40E75D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D438

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

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