#B9D53E#B9D53E

#B9D53E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.173 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D53E
RGB	rgb(185, 213, 62)
HSL	hsl(71, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 70.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -28.83, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 73.34, 113.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0853 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.173 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6722, 58.2508, 13.4467)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D53E #5A3ED5

analogous

#D5A63E #B9D53E #6ED53E

triadic

#B9D53E #3EB9D5 #D53EB9

tetradic

#B9D53E #3ED5A6 #5A3ED5 #D53E6E

square

#B9D53E #3ED5A6 #5A3ED5 #D53E6E

split-complementary

#B9D53E #3E6ED5 #A63ED5

monochromatic

#6B7D1B #96B026 #B9D53E #CBE070 #DDEBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B9D53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#B9D53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D53E

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D53E	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 213, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.173 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e17d',
    500: '#b9d53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d53e;
$custom-light: #d2e17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.126,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8253,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D53E

secondary

#423285

accent

#41E75F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D53E

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

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