#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
RGB	rgb(185, 215, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -30.07, 69.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 76.16, 113.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0892 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.179 120)
XYZ	xyz(45.0227, 59.2009, 12.7957)
Luminance	0.5920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##B9D738	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)

#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

Preview with #B9D738

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

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