#B9D740#B9D740

#B9D740 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.174 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D740
RGB	rgb(185, 215, 64)
HSL	hsl(72, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -29.66, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 73.53, 113.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0874 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.174 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2342, 59.2855, 13.9097)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D740 #5E40D7

analogous

#D7AA40 #B9D740 #6DD740

triadic

#B9D740 #40B9D7 #D740B9

tetradic

#B9D740 #40D7AA #5E40D7 #D7406D

square

#B9D740 #40D7AA #5E40D7 #D7406D

split-complementary

#B9D740 #406DD7 #AA40D7

monochromatic

#6D811B #98B426 #B9D740 #CCE273 #DEECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B9D740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#B9D740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D740

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D740	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 215, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.174 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e37e',
    500: '#b9d740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d740;
$custom-light: #d1e37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.921,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82993,
    "c": 0.17391,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D740

secondary

#443388

accent

#3FE861

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D740

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

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