#B9D737#B9D737

#B9D737 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.179 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D737
RGB	rgb(185, 215, 55)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 74.4%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -30.12, 70.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 76.47, 113.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0894 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.179 120)
XYZ	xyz(44.9985, 59.1912, 12.6682)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D737 #5537D7

analogous

#D7A537 #B9D737 #69D737

triadic

#B9D737 #37B9D7 #D737B9

tetradic

#B9D737 #37D7A5 #5537D7 #D73769

square

#B9D737 #37D7A5 #5537D7 #D73769

split-complementary

#B9D737 #3769D7 #A537D7

monochromatic

#697B19 #94AE23 #B9D737 #CBE16A #DDEB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B9D737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#B9D737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D737

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D737	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CA11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 215, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.179 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e37a',
    500: '#b9d737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d737;
$custom-light: #d2e37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82935,
    "c": 0.17914,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.59191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D737

secondary

#3F3083

accent

#3EEA5E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D737

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

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