#B9D738#B9D738

#B9D738 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#B9D738
RGBrgb(185, 215, 56)
HSLhsl(71, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(71, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(81.40, -30.07, 69.97)
CIE-LCHlch(81.40, 76.16, 113.26°)
OKLaboklab(82.94% -0.0892 0.1547)
OKLCHoklch(82.94% 0.179 120)
XYZxyz(45.0227, 59.2009, 12.7957)
Luminance0.5920 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9D738 #5638D7
analogous
#D7A638 #B9D738 #69D738
triadic
#B9D738 #38B9D7 #D738B9
tetradic
#B9D738 #38D7A6 #5638D7 #D73869
square
#B9D738 #38D7A6 #5638D7 #D73869
split-complementary
#B9D738 #3869D7 #A638D7
monochromatic
#697C19 #94AF23 #B9D738 #CBE16B #DDEB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64
#B9D738 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84
#B9D738 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D738
12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9D738#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9D7381.001.6412.8412.84
#FFFFFF1.641.0021.0021.00
#00000012.8421.001.001.00
##00000012.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CA14
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CB46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4CBB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9d738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 215, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.179 120.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e37a',
    500: '#b9d738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9d738;
$custom-light: #d2e37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9d738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.321,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82941,
    "c": 0.1786,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.59201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9D738
secondary
#403083
accent
#3EE95F
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFCF2
border
#D4D5CC
text
#15150A
muted
#84847D

Preview Lab

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#B9D738 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva